Monitoring quality and coverage of harm reduction services for people who use drugs: a consensus study

• Main Authors: Lucas Wiessing (Author), Marica Ferri (Author), Vendula Běláčková (Author), Patrizia Carrieri (Author), Samuel R. Friedman (Author), Cinta Folch (Author), Kate Dolan (Author), Brian Galvin (Author), Peter Vickerman (Author), Jeffrey V. Lazarus (Author), Viktor Mravčík (Author), Mirjam Kretzschmar (Author), Vana Sypsa (Author), Ana Sarasa-Renedo (Author), Anneli Uusküla (Author), Dimitrios Paraskevis (Author), Luis Mendão (Author), Diana Rossi (Author), Nadine van Gelder (Author), Luke Mitcheson (Author), Letizia Paoli (Author), Cristina Diaz Gomez (Author), Maitena Milhet (Author), Nicoleta Dascalu (Author), Jonathan Knight (Author), Gordon Hay (Author), Eleni Kalamara (Author), Roland Simon (Author), EUBEST working group (Author), Catherine Comiskey (Author), Carla Rossi (Author), Paul Griffiths (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background and aims Despite advances in our knowledge of effective services for people who use drugs over the last decades globally, coverage remains poor in most countries, while quality is often unknown. This paper aims to discuss the historical development of successful epidemiological i...