Prevalence of hepatitis B infection among voluntary donor in Wuse District Hospital, Abuja

Blood transfusion is an important and lifesaving intervention of the healthcare system there by reducing mortality worldwide, resulting from high level of blood demanding health conditions. Screening and testing of the donated blood are necessary in order to prevent the risks and complications associated with blood transfusion. This study was carried out in retrospective, considering the six (6) month testing and screening of seven hundred and fifty (n= 750) samples from the relative donor of Wuse District Hospital, Abuja, this was done using the screening method with the use of a rapid test kit. The gender showed 689(91.9%) for male and female 61(8.1), result showed that 32(4.3%) were positive with 28(87.5%) male and 4(12.5%) female respectively, the percentage age group showed the highest to be (56.4%)of 29 -38 years. The study showed an overall seroprevalence of (4.3%) falling within (2 – 7%) intermediate risk group for hepatitis B virus infection as described by the WHO. Government should make available the vaccine against HBV, create more awareness for vaccination and make it free for all (without payment) as soon as possibl