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High coverage needle/syringe programs for people who inject drugs in low and middle income countries: a systematic review

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Persons who inject drugs (PWID) are at an elevated risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. In many high-income countries, needle and syringe exchange programs (NSP) have been associated with...

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Main Authors:	Des Jarlais Don C (Author), Feelemyer Jonathan P (Author), Modi Shilpa N (Author), Abdul-Quader Abu (Author), Hagan Holly (Author)
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Published:	BMC, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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