"Who has ever loved a drug addict? It's a lie. They think a 'teja' is as bad person": multiple stigmas faced by women who inject drugs in coastal Kenya

• Main Authors: Gitau Mburu (Author), Sylvia Ayon (Author), Alexander C. Tsai (Author), James Ndimbii (Author), Bangyuan Wang (Author), Steffanie Strathdee (Author), Janet Seeley (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background A tenth of all people who inject drugs in Kenya are women, yet their social contexts and experiences remain poorly understood. This paper reports how multiple forms of stigma are experienced by women who inject drugs in coastal Kenya and the impact that they have on their ability...