Global, regional, and country-level coverage of interventions to prevent and manage HIV and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs: a systematic review

• Main Authors: Sarah Larney, DrPhD (Author), Amy Peacock, PhD (Author), Janni Leung, PhD (Author), Samantha Colledge, BPSc (Author), Matthew Hickman, ProfPhD (Author), Peter Vickerman, ProfPhD (Author), Jason Grebely, PhD (Author), Kostyantyn V Dumchev, MD (Author), Paul Griffiths, MSc (Author), Lindsey Hines, PhD (Author), Evan B Cunningham, BSc (Author), Richard P Mattick, ProfPhD (Author), Michael Lynskey, ProfPhD (Author), John Marsden, ProfPhD (Author), John Strang, Prof SirFMedSci (Author), Louisa Degenhardt, ProfPhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) are a key population affected by the global HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemics. HIV and HCV prevention interventions for PWID include needle and syringe programmes (NSP), opioid substitution therapy (OST), HIV counselling and testing, HIV an...