HBV Testing, Awareness, and Treatment Acceptance in Ugandan Antenatal Care

181 pregnant women were provided HBV DNA testing across 10 high-volume hospitals in nine regions of Uganda. The dataset, created by Linda Kisaakye Nabitaka and last updated in May 2026, contains quantitative data extracted from facility registers and qualitative feedback from study teams, analyzing the operational feasibility of point-of-care viral load testing. 12% of tested women had viral loads >200,000 IU/mL, making them eligible for antiviral prophylaxis.

Use Cases

• Assessing the operational feasibility of integrating point-of-care HBV DNA testing into routine antenatal care based on the study's quantitative and qualitative findings.
• Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of decentralized versus centralized viral load testing based on the reported cost per test of USD 15.37.
• Analyzing the cascade of care for HBV-positive pregnant women based on reported rates of test processing, result delivery, and prophylaxis acceptance.
• Modeling the impact of rapid turnaround times on treatment initiation based on the finding that 61% of mothers received results on the same day.

Strengths

• Data originates from a two-phase study at 10 hospitals across nine regions of Uganda, suggesting geographic diversity.
• The Xpert HBV DNA assay demonstrated full diagnostic concordance with the reference COBAS Taqman platform.
• Includes both quantitative facility register data and qualitative feedback from study teams.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Quantitative data were extracted from facility registers; qualitative data consisted of feedback from study teams.

Time Range

Study period not specified; dataset last updated in May 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 17:38:46; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Uganda, specifically 10 high-volume hospitals across nine regions.