The global campaign to eliminate HBV and HCV infection: International Viral Hepatitis Elimination Meeting and core indicators for development towards the 2030 elimination goals

Popping, Stephanie; Bade, Debora; Boucher, Charles A.; Valk, Mark van der; El-Sayed, Manal Hamdy; Sigurour, Olafsson; Sypsa, Vana; Morgan, Timothy R.; Gamkrelidze, Amiran; Mukabatsinda, Constance; Deuffic-Burban, S.; Ninburg, Michael; Feld, Jordan J.; Hellard, Margaret; Ward, John W.

doi:10.1016/s2055-6640(20)30281-8

Cited by 62 publications

(47 citation statements)

References 31 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…The WHO adopted a resolution declaring that viral hepatitis should be eliminated by 2030. Currently, few countries have elimination programs in place, and even though the tools to achieve elimination are available, the right resources, commitments and allocations are lacking [ 6 ].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Physician awareness of hepatitis C virus among different departments

Düzenli

Köseoğlu

2020

ceh

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Aim of the study:To determine the anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) positivity in our region and to evaluate physician awareness of HCV among different inpatient and outpatient departments in a tertiary reference center in Turkey. Material and methods: This retrospective study was conducted between January 2017 and January 2020. The patients tested for anti-HCV for any reason were enrolled from the data of all patients admitted to our hospital, which is the reference center of the region. Results: A total of 121,492 anti-HCV assays were screened from the computerized database. Total number of patients with a positive anti-HCV result was 891 (0.81%). HCV RNA was positive in 147 (16.5%) of 891 patients and negative in 389 (43.7%) patients. Unfortunately HCV RNA was not tested in 355 (39.8%) patients. The percentages of the untested patients regarding the departments were 65.38% (n = 85/130) in medical inpatient clinics, 61.02% (n = 72/118) in surgical clinics, 16.67% (n = 88/528) medical outpatient departments, 96.8% (n = 91/94) in surgical outpatient departments, and 90.5% (n = 19/21) in the emergency department. Conclusions: The prevalence of anti-HCV positivity was found to be 0.81% and was stable in Turkey. However, the level of physician awareness for HCV was unsatisfactory, and differed between departments. Because HCV is commonly asymptomatic, positive patients should not be overlooked and adequate treatment should be administered. Awareness of physicians should be increased to prevent delays in the diagnosis of hepatitis C and to reduce the number of untreated patients.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Physician awareness of hepatitis C virus among different departments

Düzenli

Köseoğlu

2020

ceh

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Popping et al [ 18 ] have further revealed that 4.5 million premature deaths could be avoided in low- and middle-income countries by 2030. The government of Nigeria has turned towards addressing the burden of hepatitis B virus in the country more keenly.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Health Communication and Behavioural Practice towards Ending Hepatitis B Virus in Southwest Nigeria

Adesina

Rudan

Falola

et al. 2020

The Scientific World Journal

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Responding to the international call for strategic information to understand viral hepatitis, this study investigated the health communication practice on hepatitis B virus in Southwest Nigeria. Existing studies on HBV in Nigeria have primarily concentrated on health practitioners and their patients while neglecting detailed empirical data on semiurban and urban demographic information. This study examines health communication channels as predictors of knowledge, attitude, and behavioural practices with an emphasis on three Southwest states (Lagos, Oyo, and Ogun) in Nigeria that have the highest prevalence rate of HBV. Data were gathered through a survey from a total of 600 respondents of Southwest Nigeria randomly selected through the multistage sampling technique. The hypotheses were tested with the use of multiple regression. The result reveals that health communication channels for hepatitis B virus management had a significant influence on knowledge (F = 12.708, Df = 581, P < 0.05 , Sig. at 0.000), attitude (F = 3.430, Df = 581, P < 0.05 , Sig. at 0.000), and preventive practices (F = 11.075, Df = 581, P < 0.05 , Sig. at 0.000) of residents of Southwest Nigeria, respectively. The study concludes that health communication channels such as the television, Internet, radio, newspaper, and health workers positively influence the behavioural practices of residents of Southwest Nigeria. The study recommends the development of a nationwide communication system on HBV targeted at putting an end to the disease in line with the 2030 global elimination objective of Sustainable Development Goal 3.

show abstract

“…Although viral hepatitis in general has been ignored as a health and development priority compared with other communicable diseases, 2 HBV is relatively more neglected than HCV 15 . Several reasons might explain this (Table 1).…”

Section: A Huge Gap In An Ignored Gapmentioning

confidence: 99%