Facilitators of HCV treatment adherence among people who inject drugs: a systematic qualitative review and implications for scale up of direct acting antivirals

• Main Authors: Zachary C. Rich (Author), Carissa Chu (Author), Jessica Mao (Author), Kali Zhou (Author), Weiping Cai (Author), Qingyan Ma (Author), Paul Volberding (Author), Joseph D. Tucker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background While the public health benefits of new HCV treatments depend on treatment adherence, particularly among people who inject drugs (PWID), several social and medical factors can jeopardize treatment adherence. The aim of this study is to examine the qualitative literature on facili...