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Dr. Abdallah Ibrahim and Dr. Ozge Sensoy Bahar co-publishes article on the level of knowledge and usage of post exposure prophylaxis among healthcare workers in Ghana

With other colleagues from University of Ghana, Dr. Abdallah Ibrahim, SMART Africa in-country Co-Principal Investigator and Senior Lecturer at the School of Public Health at the University of Ghana, and Dr. Ozge Sensoy Bahar, SMART Africa and ICHAD Co-Investigator and Research Assistant Professor at the Brown School, co-authored an article entitled, “Assessment of knowledge and usage of HIV post exposure prophylaxis among healthcare workers in regional hospital in Ghana.” The article, published in the Journal of Global Health Reports, examines the level of knowledge and usage of post exposure prophylaxis, an important means of decreasing HIV-infection upon occupational exposure, among healthcare workers in the Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua, Ghana through analyzing data from a cross-sectional study with 185 healthcare worker participants. Congratulations, Drs. Abdallah and Ozge for contributing to the literature on HIV-infection and occupational exposure!