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Harm reduction among injecting drug users - evidence of effectiveness [PDF]

, 2010
This chapter synthesises and evaluates the available direct evidence relating to the impact of needle and syringe programmes (NSPs), opioid substitution treatment (OST), drug consumption rooms (DCRs), and peer naloxone distribution (PND) on HIV/hepatitis
Rhodes, T., Kerr, Thomas, Palmateer, N., Goldberg, David J., Hedrich, Dagmar, Palmateer, Norah, Fry, Craig L, Goldberg, David, Palmateer, Norah; id_orcid, Rhodes, Tim, Goldberg, D.J., Stöver, H., Hickman, Matthew, Hutchinson, Sharon, Hall, Wayne, Hickman, M., Brentari, C., Kimber, J., Kimber, Jo, Fischer, Benedikt, Hutchinson, S.J., Stevens, Alex, Dubois-Arber, Françoise, Hutchinson, Sharon J.; id_orcid   +23 more
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Substance use and universal access to HIV testing and treatment in sub-Saharan Africa: implications and research priorities

Journal of Virus Eradication, 2018
As universal testing and treatment for HIV, or ‘treat all’, expands across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), substance use will likely have a negative impact on the success of scale-up efforts for antiretroviral treatment (ART).
Kathryn E. Lancaster, Angela Hetrick, Antoine Jaquet, Adebola Adedimeji, Lukoye Atwoli, Donn J. Colby, Angel M. Mayor, Angela Parcesepe, Jennifer Syvertsen   +8 more
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Evaluation of a fentanyl drug checking service for clients of a supervised injection facility, Vancouver, Canada

Harm Reduction Journal, 2018
Background British Columbia, Canada, is experiencing a public health emergency related to opioid overdoses driven by consumption of street drugs contaminated with illicitly manufactured fentanyl.
Mohammad Karamouzian, Carolyn Dohoo, Sara Forsting, Ryan McNeil, Thomas Kerr, Mark Lysyshyn   +5 more
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Cotton fever: A case report and review of the literature

JEM Reports, 2023
Background: The term “cotton fever” describes a benign, self-limited febrile response within minutes following cotton filter use with intravenous (IV) drug injection.
Natasha Tobarran, John Huchison, Emily Kershner, Andrew Chambers, Kirk L. Cumpston, Brandon K. Wills   +5 more
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The extent of injection site infection in injecting drug users: findings from a national surveillance study. [PDF]

, 2010
Injection site infections in injecting drug users (IDUs) are associated with serious morbidity and healthcare costs. Factors associated with symptoms of these were examined through annual (2006-2008) unlinked-anonymous survey of IDUs in England, Wales ...
Marongiu, A, Ncube, F, Hope, VD, Parry, JV   +3 more
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Food access among people who inject drugs in West Virginia

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Background The substance use epidemic in the United States continues to drive high levels of morbidity and mortality, particularly among people who inject drugs (PWID).
Saba Rouhani, Sean T. Allen, Sara Whaley, Rebecca Hamilton White, Allison O’Rourke, Kristin E. Schneider, Michael E. Kilkenny, Brian W. Weir, Susan G. Sherman   +8 more
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The rise of injecting drug use in East Africa: a case study from Kenya [PDF]

, 2005
Studies on injecting drug use in East Africa are reviewed. The existingstudies document the spread of heroin injection in Kenya and Tanzania, both countries where HIV rates are high. No data from Uganda on injecting drug use was found by the authors.
Gillian Hundt, Beckerleg Susan, Telfer Maggie, Hundt Gillian, Beckerleg, Susan, Hundt, Gillian Lewando, Maggie Telfer, Susan Beckerleg, Lewando Hundt, Gillian, Telfer , Maggie, Telfer, Maggie   +10 more
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Frequency, factors and costs associated with injection site infections: findings from a national multi-site survey of injecting drug users in England. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: Injection site infections among injecting drug users (IDUs) have been associated with serious morbidity and health service costs in North America.
Ncube, F, Ncube, Fortune, Kimber, Jo, Hope, V, Vickerman, Peter, Vickerman, P, Hickman, M, Kimber, J, Hope, Vivian, Hickman, Matthew, Vickerman Peter, Ncube Fortune, Kimber Jo, Hickman Matthew, Hope Vivian   +14 more
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Patients with infective endocarditis and history of injection drug use in a Swedish referral hospital during 10 years

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Patients with injection drug use (IDU) have increased risk of developing infective endocarditis (IE). Previous studies have reported recurrent IE, increased duration of hospital stay, poor adherence and compliance as well as higher mortality ...
Anna Damlin, Katarina Westling
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The association between psychosocial and structural-level stressors and HIV injection drug risk behavior among Malaysian fishermen: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Malaysian fishermen have been identified as a key-affected HIV population with HIV rates 10 times higher than national rates. A number of studies have identified that psychosocial and structural-level stressors increase HIV injection drug risk
Lynn Murphy Michalopoulos, Tina Jiwatram-Negrón, Martin K. K. Choo, Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Nabila El-Bassel   +4 more
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