HIV Prevalence, Estimated Incidence, and Risk Behaviors Among People Who Inject Drugs in Kenya
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HIV Prevalence, Estimated Incidence, and Risk Behaviors Among People Who Inject Drugs in Kenya.
OBJECTIVE HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa increasingly occurs among people who inject drugs (PWID). Kenya is one of the first to implement a national needle and syringe program. Our study undertook a baseline assessment as part of evaluating needle and syringe program in a seek, test, treat, and retain approach. METHODS Participants enrolled between May and December 2012 from 10 sites. Re...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1525-4135
DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000000769