Feasibility of needle and syringe programs in Tajikistan distributing low dead space needles

• Main Authors: William A. Zule (Author), Alisher Latypov (Author), David Otiashvili (Author), Steffani Bangel (Author), Georgiy V. Bobashev (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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Abstract Background In 2012, the World Health Organization recommended that needle and syringe programs offer their clients low dead space insulin syringes with permanently attached needles. However, in many countries, these syringes are not acceptable to a majority of people who inject drugs. This...