HIV and hepatitis B virus co-infection in Mozambique: Policy review and health professionals’ knowledge and practices
Policy documents relating to prevention, diagnosis and clinical management of HIV/HBV co-infection were rare or absent. Health Professionals had little knowledge about HIV/HBV co-infection. Defining adequate policies and training of Health Professionals may help increase awareness, increase counselling of patients for disease prevention, diagnosis and proper management of HIV/HBV co-infected patients.
Authors
- Esperança Sevene (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9025-4052)
- Lúcia Chambal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2580-2494)
- Charlotta Nilsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0561-8526)
- Vanda dos Muchangos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2303-5158)
Institutions
- Public Health Agency of Sweden (SE)
- Eduardo Mondlane University (MZ)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Maputo Central Hospital (MZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2024-08-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301305
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.16
Funders
- Styrelsen för Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete