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Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus infection, anti-HCV antibodies and HIV and knowledge among people who use drugs attending methadone therapy clinic in Tanzania; a cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Methadone therapy clinics have been recently introduced in Tanzania, aiming at reducing risk behaviors and infection rates of viral hepatitis and HIV among people who use drugs.
Semvua B. Kilonzo, Daniel W. Gunda, David C. Majinge, Hyasinta Jaka, Paulina M. Manyiri, Fredrick Kalokola, Grahame Mtui, Elichilia R. Shao, Fatma A. Bakshi, Alex Stephano   +9 more
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The Berlin Hepatitis C Manifesto: access to prevention, testing, treatment and care for people who use drugs. [PDF]

, 2016
The treatment of hepatitis C has entered a new era since the advent of curative pharmaceuticals. As policy, government and civil society assemble in response, there are still gaps to be addressed.
Harris, Magdalena, Leicht, Astrid, Maher, Mags, Maticic, Mojca, Roca, Xavier Major, Schatz, Eberhard, Schiffer, Katrin   +6 more
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The medical profession and stigma against people who use drugs [PDF]

British Journal of Psychiatry, 2017
Corrigan et al [1][1] argue that stigma against people who use drugs is ‘in some ways socially, politically, and/or legally sanctioned’ and discuss this with reference to the criminal justice system, the workplace and health promotion strategies. How the medical profession, medical diagnosis,
Stephen K, Ginn, Edward, Clark
openaire   +2 more sources

A mixed-methods analysis of risk-reduction strategies adopted by syringe services program participants and non-syringe services program participants in New York City

Harm Reduction Journal, 2023
Background Since the emergence of fentanyl in the drug market, syringe services programs (SSPs) have been at the forefront of providing life-saving tools such as naloxone and fentanyl test strips to people who use drugs (PWUD).
Nisha Beharie, Adelya Urmanche, Alex Harocopos   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trends of people using drugs and opioid substitute treatment recorded in England and Wales general practice (1994-2012). [PDF]

, 2015
Illicit drug use is a multifaceted public-health problem with potentially serious impacts. The United Kingdom has one of the highest prevalence of illegal drug use in Europe.
Davies, HR, Nazareth, I, Petersen, I
core   +2 more sources

Drugs in prisons: exploring use, control, treatment and policy [PDF]

, 2016
Drugs are an increasingly salient concern in many prisons around the world. Specific prison drug policies are made, drugs are illegally used and legally prescribed, drug use and drug sale is sanctioned, drug profits are generated, and drug use is an ...
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), Butler T., CASA, Duke K., EMCDDA, Garland D., Indig D., Karen Duke, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Justice, Seddon T., Stöver H., Sykes G., Torsten Kolind, UNODC, Wheatley M., WHO, World Health Organization   +17 more
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Achieving HIV epidemic control through accelerating efforts to expand access to pre-exposure prophylaxis for people who inject drugs

Frontiers in Reproductive Health
The world is not on track to reach the majority of the UNAIDS 2025 targets, and people who inject drugs (PWID) continue to be left behind, hindered by counterproductive law enforcement practices, punitive laws, economic distress, and social stigma and ...
Lirica Nishimoto, Adaobi Lisa Olisa, Philip Imohi, Judy Chang, Chris Obermeyer, Dama Kabwali, Christopher Akolo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Harmful Side Effects of Drug Prohibition [PDF]

, 2009
Some drugs make people feel good. That is why some people use them. Some of these drugs are alleged to have side effects so destructive that many advise against their use. The same may be said about statutes that attempt to prohibit the manufacture, sale,
Barnett, Randy E
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Assessment of rates of recanting and hair testing as a biological measure of drug use in a general population sample of young people [PDF]

, 2016
AIMS: We investigate the extent of and factors associated with denial of previously reported cannabis and other illicit drug use, and assess the potential of hair testing for measuring substance use in general population samples.
Hickman, Matthew, Macleod, John, Ring, Susan, Sullivan, John, Taylor, Michelle   +4 more
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Survival Outcomes and Complications Among Canadian Children With Retinoblastoma: A Population‐Based Report From CYP‐C

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose Retinoblastoma (RB) is the most common pediatric ocular cancer, yet population‐based data on survival and risk factors remain limited. This study aimed to describe survival in a large national RB cohort and identify predictors of death and complications.
Samuel Sassine, Ofélie Trudeau‐Ferrin, Caroline Laverdière, Patrick Hamel, Rosanne Superstein, Bénédicte Koukoui, Carole Provost, Paul C. Nathan, Vijay Ramaswamy, Furqan Shaikh, Brenda Gallie, Ashwin Mallipatna, Stephanie Kletke, Helen Dimaras, Hallie Coltin   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source