Coverage, Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Medical Student towards Hepatitis B Vaccine at University of Kordofan, Sudan

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the most contagious blood borne pathogen and causes significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. The risk of occupational exposure to HBV among medical students is a major concern, especially medical trainees, many authorities recommend vaccination. However, significant number of them doesn't receive HBV immunization, and remains at an increased risk to the infection. Objective: The aim of this study to determine the Coverage, Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of medical student towards Hepatitis B vaccine at University of Kordofan, Sudan. Methods: Facility based cross sectional study was done .The study was comprised of 325 students selected from 4 departments in faculty of medicine and health sciences. The sample was divided over the departments following a process of stratified sampling combined with systematic sampling and simple random sample with probabili