Prevalence of Hepatitis B and C Among Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Care Center in Monrovia Liberia.

Whitney LiebYassah Moracious Barclay-KorboiChristopher Dike Amrin Khander Samantha Raymond Tatyana Kushner Ann Marie Beddoe

Published in: Annals of global health (2021)

Our finding of a greater than 5% prevalence rate, during first line testing, of chronic hepatitis B among health care workers, should help fuel efforts for national testing, vaccination, and treatment efforts in order to align with the WHO goals of elimination of hepatitis B and C by 2030.

Keyphrases

quality improvement
tertiary care
risk factors
hepatitis b virus
liver fibrosis
global health
replacement therapy