| prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis b virus, hepatitis c virus and syphilis among prison inmates and officers at nsawam and accra, ghana. | although the high prevalence of blood-borne viral infections and syphilis in correctional facilities has been well documented globally, such data are sparse from africa, and there has been no such data from ghana. this study sought to estimate the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), hepatitis b virus (hbv), hepatitis c virus (hcv) and syphilis among prison inmates and officers at prisons in nsawan and accra, ghana. prisoners and officers in 3 of the 46 prisons in ghana were surveye ... | 2006 | 16585647 |