Implementing methadone maintenance treatment in prisons in Malaysia

Implementing methadone maintenance treatment in prisons in Malaysia

Problem In Malaysia, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is highly concentrated among people who inject opioids. For this reason, the country undertook a three-phase roll-out of a methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) programme. In Phase 3, described in this paper, MMT was implemented withi...

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Main Authors:	Wickersham, J.A., Marcus, R., Kamarulzaman, A., Zahari, M.M., Altice, F.L.
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	R Medicine
Online Access:	http://eprints.um.edu.my/11072/1/Wickersham-2013-Implementing_methado.pdf

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