Screening, Vaccination Uptake and Linkage to Care for Hepatitis B Virus among Health Care Workers in Rural Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone
chronic liver disease
health care workers
hepatitis B virus
screening
vaccination
Journal
Tropical medicine and infectious disease
ISSN: 2414-6366
Titre abrégé: Trop Med Infect Dis
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101709042
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
29 Apr 2021
29 Apr 2021
Historique:
received:
01
04
2021
revised:
15
04
2021
accepted:
19
04
2021
entrez:
5
5
2021
pubmed:
6
5
2021
medline:
6
5
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
This study reports on the prevalence and risk factors of chronic HBV among health care workers (HCWs) in a rural secondary hospital in Sierra Leone. Additionally, data on the uptake of HBV vaccination among negatively tested HCWs and on the linkage to care among positively tested HCWs are presented. In December 2019, 781 HCWs were invited to a screening and vaccination campaign at Koidu Government Hospital in Kono District. For each HCW, demographic information and data on their HBV risk history were captured, followed by a hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) test. HCWs with a negative test result were offered an HBV vaccine on the same day, after one and six months. HCWs that were HBsAg positive were linked to a free HBV clinic. In total, 80% (632) of HCWs were screened. Among the screened, 97% had never received an HBV vaccine and 10.3% (n = 65) had chronic HBV. The following characteristics were associated with being HBsAg positive: aged less than 30 years old (aOR 2.17, CI 1.16-4.03,
Identifiants
pubmed: 33946638
pii: tropicalmed6020065
doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed6020065
pmc: PMC8167545
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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