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HIV prevalence, related risk behaviors, and correlates of HIV infection among people who use drugs in Cambodia

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2018
Background Although HIV prevalence in Cambodia has declined to 0.6% among the general population, the prevalence remains high among female sex workers (14.0%) and men who have sex with men (2.3%).
Heng Sopheab, Chhorvann Chhea, Sovannary Tuot, Jonathan A. Muir   +3 more
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Drug-related stigma and access to care among people who inject drugs in Vietnam. [PDF]

, 2018
Introduction and aimsThere are considerable challenges faced by people with a history of injecting drug use (PWID) in Vietnam, including drug-related stigma and lack of access to healthcare.
Ahern, Amon, Andersen, Brislin, Degenhardt, Fletcher, Giang, Goffman, Golberstein, Herek, Kalichman, Latkin, Li, Li, Link, Livingston, Lloyd, Luoma, Luoma, Mathers, Nguyen, Nyblade, Rao, Reid, Rudolph, Saitz, Simmonds, Strathdee, Sun, Thanh, Tomori, Van Nguyen, Vlahov, Walsh   +33 more
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Reasons for Not Using Condoms by People Who Inject Drugs in Iran; Results from a Conventional Content Analysis in 2018

مجله اپیدمیولوژی ایران, 2021
Background and Objectives: This qualitative study was conducted to identify reasons for not using condoms by people who inject drugs (PWID) in Iran.
M Faghir Gangi, Ali Mirzazadeh, H Rastad, S Nedjat, A Rahimi-Movaghar, K Yazdani   +5 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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Review article:treatment as prevention - targeting people who inject drugs as a pathway towards hepatitis C eradication [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a leading cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. HCV predominates in people who inject drugs; a group in whom anti-viral therapy has previously been withheld on the basis of chaotic lifestyles and associated ...
Aspinall, Aspinall, Barth, Berenguer, Bojovic, Callahan, Cavalcante, Coats, Cornberg, Corson, Craine, Davis, Dowdle, Edlin, European Association for Study of Liver, Fisher, Gilles, Grebely, Hagan, Hagan, Hagan, Hellard, Hellard, Hellard, Hellard, Hickman, Honegger, Hullegie, Innes, Innes, Joshi, Kim, Larney, Larney, Levy, MacArthur, MacArthur, Martin, Martin, Martin, Martin, Martin, Martin, Martin, Midgard, Pawlotsky, Rein, Ren, Robinson, Sharma, Sherman, Siddiqui, Simons, Soulier, Suryaprasad, Swadling, Swain, Tait, Taylor, Tomkins, Turner, Valerio, Vickerman, Vos, Walter, Wandeler, Webster, Williams, Wong   +68 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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A single site study to investigate the current prevalence of anti‐hepatitis C virus antibody among substance use disorder patients in Hiroshima—Insufficient testing and diagnosis

Neuropsychopharmacology Reports, 2023
Aims Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among drug users presents an important public health problem; however, little recognition and few approaches to address this issue in Japan.
Ariyuki Kagaya, Yuko Nagaoki, Satomi Shimura, Katsuyoshi Kawana, Kazuaki Chayama   +4 more
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Managing physical health problems in people who inject drugs [PDF]

British Journal of General Practice, 2015
GPs have an important role in addressing the physical health complications of illicit drug use and in particular in people who inject drugs (PWID). Managing these morbidities is within the remit of every GP and does not require any special interest or knowledge.1 A balance will need to be struck between trying to accomplish too much in a single visit ...
O'Donnell, Patrick, Lawson, Euan Malcolm
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A pragmatic harm reduction approach to manage a large outbreak of wound botulism in people who inject drugs, Scotland 2015 [PDF]

, 2018
Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are at an increased risk of wound botulism, a potentially fatal acute paralytic illness. During the first 6 months of 2015, a large outbreak of wound botulism was confirmed among PWID in Scotland, which resulted ...
Amanda Weir, Andrew McAuley, CC McGuigan, CN Ramsay, Corinne Amar, D Akbulut, DJ Passaro, E MacDonald, E Tweed, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Gauri Godbole, Gillian Penrice, GY Chang, Health Protection Scotland, Information Services Division (ISD), J McLauchlin, J Sobel, J Strang, JA Jones, JA Stoltz, K Alpers, K Dunleavy, Kathie Grant, Kirsten M. A. Trayner, Kirsty Roy, M Desai, M Harris, M Ragonnet-Cronin, M Schroeter, MG Booth, N Markwick, National Records of Scotland, NE Palmateer, Public Health England, Health Protection Scotland, Public Health Wales, and Public Health Agency Northern Ireland, RJ Gordon, SB Werner, Scottish Government, Scottish Health Protection Network, SJ Hahné, SR Offerman, TN Wenham, VD Hope, VD Hope, Y Soukup-Baljak   +43 more
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Another frontier for harm reduction: contraceptive needs of females who inject drugs in Estonia, a cross-sectional study

Harm Reduction Journal, 2018
Background Despite increasing contraceptive availability, unintended pregnancy remains a global problem. Developing strategies to reverse this trend and increasing occurrence of withdrawal syndrome among newborn children of females currently injecting ...
Anneli Uusküla, Mait Raag, Sigrid Vorobjov, Don Des Jarlais   +3 more
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