The Burden of HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C by Armed Conflict Setting: The Nigeria AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey, 2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Against a background of security challenges, Nigeria conducted recently the largest population-based HIV survey in the world to ascertain the burden of the HIV disease in the country.

Objective

We evaluated the main outcomes of the survey and the level of success using participation/response indicators.

Methods

The survey was conducted from July-December 2018 by over 6,000 field staff across Nigeria in six consecutive webs, using two-stage cluster sampling. We estimated the prevalence of HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C in the entire country and by conflict zone status. Adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) from survey logistic regression models were used to compare the likelihood of test positivity for the three infections between zon

SUBMITTER: Aliyu GG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8231456 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature