Bibliographic Info
GuidelineGuidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, care and treatment for people with chronic hepatitis B infection.
Year of Publication2024
Issuing InstitutionWHO
Recommendation
Status
Maintained
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Low
WHO TO TEST FOR CHRONIC HBV INFECTION. In settings with a ≥2% or ≥5% HBsAg seroprevalence in the general population, it is recommended that all adults have routine access to and be offered HBsAg serological testing with linkage to prevention, care and treatment services. General population testing approaches should make use of existing community or health facility-based testing opportunities or programmes such as at antenatal clinics, HIV or TB clinics
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Originally Developed
Guideline
WHO guidelines on hepatitis B and C testing.
Year2017
InstitutionWHO