HIV- and hepatitis C-related risk behaviors among people who inject drugs in Uganda: implications for policy and programming

HIV- and hepatitis C-related risk behaviors among people who inject drugs in Uganda: implications for policy and programming

Abstract Background There is a dearth of evidence on injecting drug use and associated HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in Uganda. As such, policy and programming for people who inject drugs (PWID) is limited due to scarcity of epidemiological data. We therefore conducted this study to ass...

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Main Authors: Matayo Baluku, Twaibu Wamala, Denis Muhangi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-09-01
Series:Harm Reduction Journal
Subjects:
People who inject drugs
Injecting drug use
Hepatitis C virus
HIV
Risk behavior
Heroin
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12954-019-0324-4

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