Journal article
Sustainable development goals for HBV elimination in South Africa: Challenges, progress, and the road ahead
- Abstract:
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International Sustainable Development Goals set ambitious elimination targets for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection by 2030. We here set out to review barriers, challenges and opportunities for progress towards these goals, with a particular focus on South Africa. Although many African populations still have a high prevalence of HBV infection (defined as ≥8%), interventions and planning have been hampered by limited data. The majority of HBV infections (>90%...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- In House Publications Publisher's website
- Journal:
- South African Gastroenterology Review Journal website
- Volume:
- 17
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 15-25
- Publication date:
- 2019-01-01
- ISSN:
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1812-1659
- Source identifiers:
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1038277
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- pubs:1038277
- Deposit date:
- 2019-08-12
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- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Notes:
- This is an author version of the article. The final version is available online from the publisher’s website at: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-15985203a2
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