Open AccessAssessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Health-Care Workers Towards Hepatitis B Virus Prevention in Kabul, Afghanistan
Author(s) -
Rohullah Roien,
Sayed Hamid Mousavi,
Akihiko Ozaki,
Sayed Abulqasem Baqeri,
Sayed Mohammad Reza Hosseini,
Shoaib Ahmad,
Sunil Shrestha
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of multidisciplinary healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.65
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1178-2390
DOI - 10.2147/jmdh.s334438
Subject(s) - medicine , health care , alternative medicine , virology , family medicine , nursing , environmental health , traditional medicine , political science , pathology , law
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a serious public health issue around the world. Health care workers (HCWs) are at high risk of HBV infection because they have direct contact with HBV infected blood and body fluids in their work.