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Hepatitis B in Ghana's upper west region: A hidden epidemic in need of national policy attention

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Hepatitis B in Ghana's upper west region: A hidden epidemic in need of national policy attention

Auteurs : Paul Mkandawire [Canada] ; Chantelle Richmond [Canada] ; Jenna Dixon [Canada] ; Isaac N. Luginaah [Canada] ; Joshua Tobias [Canada]

Source :

Health and place [ 1353-8292 ] ; 2013.

RBID : Pascal:13-0319950

Descripteurs français

Pascal (Inist)
- Hépatite virale B, Ghana, Ouest, Epidémie, Epidémiologie, Santé publique, Besoin, Politique sanitaire, Attention, Perception sociale, Maladie, Aspect politique, Ecologie.
Wicri :
- geographic : Ghana.
- topic : Santé publique, Maladie.

English descriptors

KwdEn :
- Attention, Disease, Ecology, Epidemic, Epidemiology, Ghana, Health policy, Need, Political aspect, Public health, Social perception, Viral hepatitis B, West.

Abstract

Like many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is highly prevalent in Ghana. Using qualitative methods, this paper draws from the political ecology of health theoretical framework to examine perceptions and understandings of HBV in the Upper West Region of Ghana. The findings reveal that extremely low levels of knowledge and pervasive lay misconceptions about the disease within this geographic context are shaped by large scale structural influences. Furthermore, in this context there is essentially no access to HBV immunizations, testing or treatment services which reinforces potential routes for the spread of HBV. An explosive spread of HBV is brewing with the potential to diffuse across space and time while, within the institutional contexts, it is the HIV epidemic that is largely consuming both policy attention and intervention.

Affiliations:

Canada

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Hepatitis B in Ghana's upper west region: A hidden epidemic in need of national policy attention

Hepatitis B in Ghana's upper west region: A hidden epidemic in need of national policy attention

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Descripteurs français

English descriptors

Abstract

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