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“To die is better than to tell”: reasons for and against disclosure of chronic hepatitis B status in Ghana
BACKGROUND: People with a condition subject to stigmatisation, such as chronic hepatitis B, face the dilemma of whether or not to disclose their status. In Ghana, 12.3% of the adult population has the hepatitis B virus (HBV). One key strategy for breaking the cycle of hepatitis B transmission is the...
Autores principales: | Adjei, Charles Ampong, Stutterheim, Sarah E., Naab, Florence, Ruiter, Robert A. C. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7216649/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32398150 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08811-5 |
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