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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, V. Anna Gyarmathy, Zsuzsa Marjanek, Károly Nagy, József Rácz, István Barcs   +5 more
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Estimated Number of People Who Inject Drugs in the United States

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2022
Abstract Background Public health data signal increases in the number of people who inject drugs (PWID) in the United States during the past decade. An updated PWID population size estimate is critical for informing interventions and policies aiming to reduce injection-associated infections and ...
Heather, Bradley, Eric W, Hall, Alice, Asher, Nathan W, Furukawa, Christopher M, Jones, Jalissa, Shealey, Kate, Buchacz, Senad, Handanagic, Nicole, Crepaz, Eli S, Rosenberg   +9 more
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Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention among people who inject drugs: a global mapping of service delivery

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for all people at substantial risk of HIV as part of combination prevention.
Graham Shaw, Robin Schaefer, Heather-Marie A Schmidt, Annie Madden, Judy Chang, Antons Mozalevskis, Busisiwe Msimanga-Radebe, Nabeel Mangadan Konath, Annette Verster, Rachel Baggaley, Michelle Rodolph, Virginia Macdonald   +11 more
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Uptake of COVID-19 vaccination among people who inject drugs

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background People who inject drugs (PWID) may be at elevated risk of adverse outcomes from SARS-CoV-2 infection; however, data on COVID-19 vaccine uptake among PWID are scarce.
Jenny Iversen, Handan Wand, Robert Kemp, Jude Bevan, Myf Briggs, Kate Patten, Sue Heard, Lisa Maher   +7 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, Md Masud Reza, Suzanne M. Crowe, Mustafizur Rahman, Margaret Hellard, Md Safiullah Sarker, Ezazul Islam Chowdhury, A.K.M. Masud Rana, Rachel Sacks-Davis, Sayera Banu, Allen G. Ross   +10 more
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Trends in Injecting Methamphetamine and Opioids Among People Who Inject Drugs in the US. [PDF]

JAMA
This study examines trends in injecting methamphetamine and opioids among people who inject drugs entering drug treatment in the US.
D'Adamo A, Genberg BL, Krawczyk N, Rudolph JE, Mehta SH, Tobian AAR, Patel EU.   +6 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

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, Matthew Hickman, Rebecca Guy, Jason Grebely, Gregory J. Dore, Richard T. Gray, Carolyn A. Day, Jo Kimber, Louisa Degenhardt   +8 more
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The contribution of unstable housing to HIV and hepatitis C virus transmission among people who inject drugs globally, regionally, and at country level: a modelling study

The Lancet Public Health, 2022
Summary: Background: A considerable proportion of people who inject drugs are unstably housed. Although unstable housing is associated with HIV and HCV infection among people who inject drugs, its contribution to transmission is unknown.
Jack Stone, PhD, Adelina Artenie, PhD, Matthew Hickman, ProfPhD, Natasha K Martin, ProfDPhil, Louisa Degenhardt, ProfPhD, Hannah Fraser, PhD, Peter Vickerman, ProfDPhil   +6 more
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Predictors of COVID-19 vaccine uptake and preferences for service delivery among people who inject drugs accessing a syringe service program [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Introduction Despite being disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, people who inject drugs (PWID) have markedly lower and more variable rates of COVID-19 vaccine uptake—ranging from 10% to 81%—compared to 79% of all US adults.
Marina Plesons, Ethan Steinberg, Sabrina Soto Sugar, Monica Faraldo, Hansel E. Tookes, Tyler S. Bartholomew   +5 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, Annabel Baddeley, Mario Raviglione   +2 more
doaj   +5 more sources