Estimated Number of People who Inject Drugs in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Findings from a Two-survey Capture-Recapture Population Size Estimation Exercise

• Main Authors: Nghia Van Khuu (Author), Phuc Duy Nguyen (Author), Giang Tong Le (Author), Hoa Thi Yen Luong (Author), Van Thi Thu Tieu (Author), Hau Phuc Tran (Author), Thuong Vu Nguyen (Author), Meade Morgan (Author), Abu S. Abdul-Quader (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Springer, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: HIV/AIDS program managers in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam have always relied on the police reports and the UNAIDS Estimation and Projection Package for population size estimation of People Who Inject Drugs (PWID). Methods: We used Respondent-driven Sampling (RDS) to implement a two-s...