Antenatal Screening for Hepatitis B Virus in Uganda: Missed Opportunities for Diagnosis and Treatment
Our study identified a number of missed opportunities to identify active HBV infection among our pregnant cohort. Additional resources are urgently required to increase the coverage of antenatal HBV screening while also improving treatment pathways for pregnant women with HBV infection in this region.
Authors
- Joseph Peacock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8767-7377)
- Alexander Amone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5920-281X)
- Ritah Namugumya
- Agnes Ssali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4801-0411)
- Tim Old (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2564-2555)
- Carol Nanyunja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3684-4267)
- Paul T. Heath (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7540-7433)
- Jessica Burt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4535-4745)
- Valerie Tusubira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3395-8755)
- Geraldine O’Hara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1922-9492)
- Hannah G Davies (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9064-0874)
- Vicki Chalker
- Phiona Nalubega
- Juliet Nsimire Sendagala
- Caitlin Farley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5309-2991)
- Mary Kyohere
- Ben Shelley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6771-9659)
- Lauren Hookham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9703-655X)
- Kirsty Le Doaré (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5104-085X)
- Konstantinos Karampatsas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5313-9482)
- Abdelmajid Djennad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4830-0331)
- Godfrey Matovu
- Melanie Etti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3265-635X)
- Moses Musooko
- Philippa Musoke
- Edward Portal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2142-3443)
- Madeleine Cochet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0436-4843)
- Maxensia Owor
- Cleophas Komugisha
- Scott Richard Beach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7513-9515)
- Musa Sekikubo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7335-9650)
- Patience Atuhaire (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2662-0756)
- Margaret Sewegaba
- Tobius Mutabazi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6711-1416)
- Katie Cowie
- Stephen D. Bentley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8094-3751)
- Janet Seeley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0583-5272)
- Merryn Voysey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6324-6559)
- Annettee Nakimuli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2806-0243)
- O. Brad Spiller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9117-6911)
- Emilie Karafillakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8648-906X)
- Pooja Ravji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2878-5538)
- R.W. Parks
- Ellie Duckworth
- Rose Azuba
- Sam Kipyeko
- Agnes Nyamaizi
- Amusa Wamawobe
- Christine Najuka
- Richard Katungye
Institutions
- St George's, University of London (GB)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- MUJHU Research Collaboration (UG)
- Makerere University (UG)
- Uganda Virus Research Institute (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae603
- Primary Topic
- Hepatitis B Virus Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- St. George's, University of London