Barriers and facilitators to viral hepatitis testing in Uzbekistan: scoping qualitative study among key stakeholders, healthcare workers, and the general population

• Main Authors: Alyona Mazhnaya (Author), Brogan Geurts (Author), Krestina Brigida (Author), Shokhista Bakieva (Author), Shakhlo Sadirova (Author), Annika Witzigmann (Author), Erkin Musabaev (Author), Michael Brandl (Author), Heide Weishaar (Author), Sandra Dudareva (Author), Charbel El Bcheraoui (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction In the World Health Organization European Region, an estimated 14 million people live with a chronic hepatitis B virus infection (HBV), and 12 million are affected by a hepatitis C virus infection (HCV). Uzbekistan bears a major burden of HBV and has one of the highest HCV prev...