Prevention
Good sanitation and hygiene, and avoiding contaminated food and water are the best ways you can prevent getting infected with hepatitis A.
A vaccine for hepatitis A has been available since the 1990s. Health experts recommend you get the vaccine if you are traveling to Africa, Asia, Central and South America, or Eastern Europe. Contact CDC to find out whether you are part of a risk group that should get the vaccine.
If you have certain allergic conditions, ask your health care provider whether you should get the vaccine.
Health experts don’t know how safe the vaccine is for pregnant women.
If you have been exposed to hepatitis A virus during an outbreak, takinig immunoglobulin (a protein that fights infection) will help keep you from getting sick.