کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1069914 949307 2013 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Scaling up HIV prevention efforts targeting people who inject drugs in Central Asia: A review of key challenges and ways forward
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب رفتاری
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Scaling up HIV prevention efforts targeting people who inject drugs in Central Asia: A review of key challenges and ways forward
چکیده انگلیسی

BackgroundIn Central Asia, between 33% and 72% of cumulative HIV infections has been attributed to unsafe injection practices among people who inject drugs (PWID).MethodsWe reviewed the current status and trends of national efforts in Central Asian countries to control HIV among PWID, and also reviewed the key structural and health-systems-related challenges that facilitate drug-use-related HIV risk in Central Asia.ResultsThe spectrum and scale of HIV prevention services targeting PWID vary considerably among Central Asian countries. In all countries, the potential impact of these interventions is hindered by several key features: a restrictive legal environment, poor performance of service providers, widespread opposition to harm reduction, deficient human resources and funding mechanisms, poor services integration, insufficient community involvement, and other structural factors.ConclusionsScaling up HIV prevention interventions in Central Asia will demand greater attention to the structural, health-care-related and social factors that facilitate HIV risk and impede service utilization among PWID. Multi-level combination prevention interventions should be developed with a focus on the sexual partners and risk networks of PWID, aiming at early detection of HIV, timely enrollment in HIV care, and retention in HIV care.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Drug and Alcohol Dependence - Volume 132, Supplement 1, November 2013, Pages S41–S47
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