Global, regional, and country-level coverage of interventions to prevent and manage HIV and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs: a systematic review

Summary: Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) are a key population affected by the global HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemics. HIV and HCV prevention interventions for PWID include needle and syringe programmes (NSP), opioid substitution therapy (OST), HIV counselling and testing, HIV a...

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Main Authors: Sarah Larney, DrPhD, Amy Peacock, PhD, Janni Leung, PhD, Samantha Colledge, BPSc, Matthew Hickman, ProfPhD, Peter Vickerman, ProfPhD, Jason Grebely, PhD, Kostyantyn V Dumchev, MD, Paul Griffiths, MSc, Lindsey Hines, PhD, Evan B Cunningham, BSc, Richard P Mattick, ProfPhD, Michael Lynskey, ProfPhD, John Marsden, ProfPhD, John Strang, Prof SirFMedSci, Louisa Degenhardt, ProfPhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X1730373X