Cape Coast Hepatitis B and C Screening and treatment eligibility assessment dataset
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Accessibility to treatment for individuals infected with hepatitis B and C remain poor in LMICs including Ghana. Poor rate of diagnosis and assessment for treatment remain the 2 most important factors attributable to this problem. Improving the screening rate and making the treatment eligibility assessment affordable will improve the accessibility to treatment. The study site was at a primary health care facility where regular screening is undertaken for walk-ins and the referred. The dataset are 2, comprising the screened the data from retrospective review of records and a cross-sectional study of treatment eligibility assessment for those diagnosed with hepatitis B. Genotyping was also undertaken and the chromatograph of the Sanger sequencing has also been added here
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University of Cape Coast Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy