Understanding hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV among people who inject drugs in South Africa: findings from a three-city cross-sectional survey

• Main Authors: Andrew Scheibe (Author), Katherine Young (Author), Lorraine Moses (Author), Rudolph L. Basson (Author), Anna Versfeld (Author), C. Wendy Spearman (Author), Mark W. Sonderup (Author), Nishi Prabdial-Sing (Author), Jack Manamela (Author), Adrian J. Puren (Author), Kevin Rebe (Author), Harry Hausler (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are at high risk for hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis B (HBV) and HIV without accessible harm reduction programmes. Coverage of needle and syringe and opioid substitution therapy (OST) services in South Africa is below global recommendations and no hepa...