Harm reduction approach in Egypt: the insight of injecting drug users
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Harm reduction approach in Egypt: the insight of injecting drug users
BACKGROUND Egypt has low HIV prevalence (below 0∙02%) among the general population, mostly attributed to the conservative culture. The 2010 second round biological/behavioral surveillance survey (Bio-BSS) conducted in some governorates revealed concentrated epidemic among male injecting drug users (IDUs). METHODS The current study aimed at exploring the perspective of IDUs regarding the HIV p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Harm Reduction Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1477-7517
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-10-17