Schools of Public Health & Applied Human Sciences, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya
Research Article
Factors Influencing Hepatitis B Virus Co-Infection among HIV Patients Attending Health Care Services in Mungula Health Centre IV Adjumani District, West Nile Region Uganda. Hospital-based cross-sectional study
Author(s): Judith Drazidio*, Simon Peter Kirabira, Christine Atuhairwe and John Bosco Alege
Background: Hepatitis B virus is the primary leading cause of morbidity and mortality
among HIV patients and remains a remarkable public health burden. The global
prevalence of co-infection is 7.4%, 23% in Uganda, and 1.68% in the Adjumani district.
In 2016, The World Health Assembly endorsed the global health sector strategy on
viral hepatitis, which calls for the elimination of viral hepatitis as a public health threat
by 2030. As a measure, Uganda adopted WHO guidelines that recommend hepatitis
B testing in all HIV-infected patients, but only 46% of them have screened. Therefore,
this study assessed factors influencing HBV co-infection among HIV patients attending
ART clinics in Mungula health Center IV, Adjumani district.
Methods: The study employed a hospital-based cross-sectional study design where
226 respondents were interviewed using resear.. View More»
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