Protecting health workers from nosocomial Hepatitis B infections: A review of strategies and challenges for implementation of Hepatitis B vaccination among health workers in Sub-Saharan Africa

• Autores principales: Bridget Malewezi (Autor), Saad B. Omer (Autor), Beatrice Mwagomba (Autor), Trish Araru (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Springer, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
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The Sub-Saharan region has the highest Hepatitis B virus (HBV) rates, and health workers are at an increased risk of contracting nosocomial HBV infection. Vaccination of health workers plays a critical role in protecting them from sequelae of HBV; however, health-worker vaccination remains a challen...