The rise of injecting drug use in east Africa: a case study from Kenya

Studies on injecting drug use in East Africa are reviewed. The existingstudies document the spread of heroin injection in Kenya and Tanzania, both countries where HIV rates are high. No data from Uganda on injecting drug use was found by the authors. A case study of the growth of heroin injection in...

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Autores principales: Beckerleg, Susan, Telfer, Maggie, Hundt, Gillian Lewando
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
Materias:
Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1236949/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16122382
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7517-2-12
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Sumario:Studies on injecting drug use in East Africa are reviewed. The existingstudies document the spread of heroin injection in Kenya and Tanzania, both countries where HIV rates are high. No data from Uganda on injecting drug use was found by the authors. A case study of the growth of heroin injection in a Kenyan coastal town is presented. The need for needle-exchange programmes and other prevention services is discussed.

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