“Who has ever loved a drug addict? It’s a lie. They think a ‘teja’ is as bad person”: multiple stigmas faced by women who inject drugs in coastal Kenya

“Who has ever loved a drug addict? It’s a lie. They think a ‘teja’ is as bad person”: multiple stigmas faced by women who inject drugs in coastal Kenya

Abstract Background A tenth of all people who inject drugs in Kenya are women, yet their social contexts and experiences remain poorly understood. This paper reports how multiple forms of stigma are experienced by women who inject drugs in coastal Kenya and the impact that they have on their ability...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gitau Mburu, Sylvia Ayon, Alexander C. Tsai, James Ndimbii, Bangyuan Wang, Steffanie Strathdee, Janet Seeley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Harm Reduction Journal
Subjects:
Stigma
HIV
Harm reduction
Injecting drug use
Women who inject drugs
Kenya
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12954-018-0235-9

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http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12954-018-0235-9

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