HIV, HBV Infections and HIV-HBV Coinfection in Lubumbashi: 6 Years Follow-Up of Prevalence (2016 To 2021)

For World Health Organization (WHO), hepatitis B elimination as a public health threat by 2030 is one of his most priorities. In 2015, 257 million of people worldwide were infected by this virus (representing 3% of world population) [1]. More recently discovered the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is also a public health threat. In 2019, 37,9 million of people were affected worldwide. The WHO has also planned its elimination as threat by 2030. Those two infections are particularly frequent in Africa region. Most infected persons by hepatitis B are in Africa and west pacific region where there is 68% of all infected persons. Almost the same portion of infected persons (67,8%) live in the south part of Africa [2].