Risk Factors for Loss to Follow-Up among People Who Inject Drugs in a Risk Reduction Program at Karachi, Pakistan. A Case-Cohort Study.

INTRODUCTION:Retention of male people who inject drugs (PWIDs) is a major challenge for harm reduction programs that include sterile needle/syringe exchange in resource-limited settings like Pakistan. We assessed the risk factors for loss to follow-up among male PWIDs enrolled in a risk reduction pr...

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Main Authors: Rab Nawaz Samo, Ajmal Agha, Sharaf Ali Shah, Arshad Altaf, Ashraf Memon, Meridith Blevins, Han-Zhu Qian, Sten H Vermund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4739707?pdf=render