Ponsiano Ocama

Biographic Data

ID7037796
NAMEPonsiano Ocama
GIVEN NAMESPonsiano
FAMILY NAMEOcama
SIGNATUREOCAMA P
AFFILIATIONSMakerere University
ORCID0000-0002-6120-1055
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Optimizing hepatitis B diagnosis for mothers in a low-resource setting

    Open AccessLinda Kisaakye Nabitaka, Viola Kasone et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Mother-to-child transmission accounts for most new hepatitis B (HBV) infections in high-burden regions globally. The World Health Organization recommends antiviral prophylaxis for pregnant women with high hepatitis B viral load levels, but access to viral load testing remains limited and untimely in many countries, due to centralized testing. We assessed the operational feasibility, accessibility, and cost of implementing the Xpert HBV DNA assay …

  • Hepatitis B vaccination status and associated factors among people living with HIV in Gulu, Uganda

    Open AccessMaria Nakabuye, Ivan Segawa et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    We found low coverage of hepatitis B vaccination among PWH attending Gulu Regional Referral Hospital. Hepatitis B vaccination programs should target PWH living in rural areas, with a low level of education and with no family history of hepatitis B to educate them about HBV vaccine to increase coverage

  • Hepatitis B Virus

    Open AccessPhilippa C Matthews, Tongai Maponga et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is a blood-borne virus that establishes chronic liver infection, associated with potential complications of cirrhosis and/or hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). As such, it poses a major threat to global public health, accounting for 300 million chronic infections, and more than 500,000 deaths each year It can also be regarded as a 'syndemic' challenge-namely, as one component of multiple, complex interacting health and social…

  • High burden of hepatitis B infection in Northern Uganda

    Open AccessEmmanuel Ochola, Ponsiano Ocama et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    We found a high prevalence of hepatitis B infection and lifetime exposures to hepatitis B in this northern Uganda Municipality. Targeted vaccination of susceptible adults and improving existing childhood vaccinations and provision of treatment for those with infection will play roles in reducing the high prevalence rates seen in the population