High levels of used syringe use and unsafe sex among people who inject drugs in Kumasi, Ghana: an urgent call for a comprehensive harm reduction approach

BACKGROUND: Drug use is a growing concern in Ghana. People who inject drugs (PWID) are highly vulnerable to HIV and other infectious diseases. Ghana’s National Strategic Plan for HIV/AIDS 2016–2020 identifies PWID as a key population, but efforts to address the needs of PWID have lagged behind those...

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Autores principales: Messersmith, Lisa J., Adjei, Rose, Beard, Jennifer, Bazzi, Angela R., Earlywine, Joel J., Darko, Edwin, Agyarko-Poku, Thomas, Asafo, Mabel Kissiwah, Bempah, Sherry Adoma, Adu-Sarkodie, Yaw
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8194176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34112187
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-021-00510-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8194176/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34112187
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12954-021-00510-7

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