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Estimating the number of people who inject drugs in Australia [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2017 Background Injecting drug use is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. Estimates of the size of the population of people who inject drugs are critical to inform service planning and estimate disease burden due to injecting drug use.
Sarah Larney +8 more
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HIV among people who inject drugs in Hungary [PDF]
Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2017 Background Before 2014 (the year of closure of the two largest needle exchange programs in Hungary, which halved the number of available syringes in the country despite increased injecting risk practices) no HIV was reportedly acquired in Hungary among ...
András Ortutay +5 more
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Trends in Injecting Methamphetamine and Opioids Among People Who Inject Drugs in the US. [PDF]
JAMAThis study examines trends in injecting methamphetamine and opioids among people who inject drugs entering drug treatment in the US.
D'Adamo A +6 more
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People who inject drugs in Bangladesh — The untold burden!
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019 The rates of both HIV and HCV are exploding among the People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) subpopulation in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. 5,586 HIV confirmed cases have been reported since the first case of HIV was identified in 1989, of which, 865 new ...
Sharful I. Khan +10 more
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Hepatitis C virus risk among young people who inject drugs
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 BackgroundInjection drug use (IDU) is the leading risk factor for hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission in the U.S. While the general risk factors for HCV transmission are known, there is limited work on how these factors interact and impact young people ...
Pedro Mateu-Gelabert +8 more
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Managing tuberculosis in people who use and inject illicit drugs
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2013 People who use and inject illicit drugs are at high risk of contracting tuberculosis, whether or not they are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Studies conducted before and after the emergence of HIV infection show that, when compared with the general population, people who use illicit drugs have a higher risk not just of getting ...
Haileyesus Getahun +2 more
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Profile of People Who Inject Drugs in Tehran, Iran
Acta Medica Iranica, 2017 The marked shift in the patterns of drug use in Iran, from opium smoking to injecting drug use, has led to serious health-related outcomes. This study was designed to explore characteristics of people who inject drugs (PWID) in Tehran, Iran. Nine hundred
Masoumeh Amin-Esmaeili +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2022 Injection drug use poses a public health challenge. Clinical experience indicates that people who inject drugs (PWID) are hospitalized frequently for infectious diseases, but little is known about outcomes when admitted. Charts were identified from local
Jacqueline Lim +17 more
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Harm Reduction Journal, 2023 Background Women who inject drugs in Ukraine are disproportionately burdened by HIV. To help address the needs of this population, a greater understanding of how interventions may uniquely benefit women who inject drugs is needed.
John Mark Wiginton +6 more
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Assisted injection among people who inject drugs in Thailand [PDF]
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2013 Abstract Background Assisted injection is common among people who inject drugs (IDU), and has been associated with elevated risk for HIV infection and overdose. However, this practice has not been explored in the Asian context, including in Thailand, where HIV prevalence among IDU remains high.
Lee, William K +6 more
openaire +3 more sources