Effectiveness of needle and syringe Programmes in people who inject drugs - An overview of systematic reviews

• Main Authors: Ricardo M Fernandes (Author), Maria Cary (Author), Gonçalo Duarte (Author), Gonçalo Jesus (Author), Joana Alarcão (Author), Carla Torre (Author), Suzete Costa (Author), João Costa (Author), António Vaz Carneiro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Needle and syringe programmes (NSP) are a critical component of harm reduction interventions among people who inject drugs (PWID). Our primary objective was to summarize the evidence on the effectiveness of NSP for PWID in reducing blood-borne infection transmission and injecting...