High levels of used syringe use and unsafe sex among people who inject drugs in Kumasi, Ghana: an urgent call for a comprehensive harm reduction approach

• Main Authors: Lisa J. Messersmith (Author), Rose Adjei (Author), Jennifer Beard (Author), Angela R. Bazzi (Author), Joel J. Earlywine (Author), Edwin Darko (Author), Thomas Agyarko-Poku (Author), Mabel Kissiwah Asafo (Author), Sherry Adoma Bempah (Author), Yaw Adu-Sarkodie (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Drug use is a growing concern in Ghana. People who inject drugs (PWID) are highly vulnerable to HIV and other infectious diseases. Ghana's National Strategic Plan for HIV/AIDS 2016-2020 identifies PWID as a key population, but efforts to address the needs of PWID have lagged...