Scale-up of a comprehensive harm reduction programme for people injecting opioids: lessons from north-eastern India

• Main Authors: Melody Lalmuanpuii (Author), Langkham Biangtung (Author), Ritu Kumar Mishra (Author), Matthew J Reeve (Author), Sentimoa Tzudier (Author), Angom L Singh (Author), Rebecca Sinate (Author), Sema K Sgaier (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2013-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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PROBLEM: Harm reduction packages for people who inject illicit drugs, including those infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), are cost-effective but have not been scaled up globally. In the north-eastern Indian states of Manipur and Nagaland, the epidemic of HIV infection is driven by the...