Developing Effective Health Interventions for Women Who Inject Drugs: Key Areas and Recommendations for Program Development and Policy

Women who inject drugs face multiple gender-specific health risks and barriers to healthcare access. These gendered factors may contribute to elevated rates of HIV for this population. Though few countries systematically collect gender-disaggregated data related to injecting drug use, evidence indic...

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Main Authors: Sophie Pinkham, Claudia Stoicescu, Bronwyn Myers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Advances in Preventive Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/269123