All the news Showing 2 of 2 articles from: Transfusion and medical proceduresGet an RSS feed of these articles Show All news infohep newsEditors' picks from other sources High prevalence of viral hepatitis among healthcare workers in Africa Keith Alcorn / 21 June 2021 Almost 7% of healthcare workers in Africa have hepatitis B and 5% have hepatitis C, according to a systematic review of published studies. Greater efforts to vaccinate against hepatitis B and improve ... Low dead-space syringes associated with lower hepatitis C prevalence in people who inject drugs Keith Alcorn / 01 October 2018 Exclusive use of low dead-space syringes is associated with a lower prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in people who inject drugs, especially in people who began injecting drugs recently, a study ... ← First1Next → Other pages in this section Latest news All the news Hepatitis A Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Hepatitis D Hepatitis E Coronavirus NAFLD Treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma Transmission, epidemiology and prevention Transfusion and medical procedures Injecting drug use Mother to child Sexual transmission Non-medical blood transfer HBV vaccination Epidemiology Screening and testing policy Health services, policy and advocacy Social issues Conference news Email bulletin archive