HIV testing among people who inject drugs in Ivanovo and Novosibirsk, Russia
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Punitive policing and associated substance use risks among HIV-positive people in Russia who inject drugs
INTRODUCTION Drug law enforcement is part of the HIV risk environment among people who inject drugs (PWID). Punitive policing practices such as extrajudicial arrests for needle possession and police planting of drugs have been described anecdotally in Russia, but these experiences and their associations with risky drug behaviours have not been quantified. This study aims to quantify the burden ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Central European Journal of Public Health
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1210-7778,1803-1048
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a4831