An assessment of an HIV prevention intervention among People Who Inject Drugs in the states of Manipur and Nagaland, India

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ID14908387
AuthorsPrabuddhagopal Goswami (0000-0001-5676-7436, corresponding author), Gajendra Kumar Medhi (Regional Medical Research Centre), Gregory Armstrong (0000-0002-8073-9213, The University of Melbourne), Maninder S Setia (0000-0003-1291-9033, Mahatma Gandhi Mission Institute of Health Sciences), Shajan Mathew, Gay Thongamba, Lakshmi Ramakrishnan (0000-0003-4846-9361), Bitra George (0000-0001-8585-0511), Rakesh Singh (0000-0002-0016-6903), Rakesh Kumar Singh (0000-0002-4191-5683), Ramesh Paranjape (0000-0003-2948-9148, National AIDS Research Institute), Ramesh S Paranjape, Jagadish Mahanta (Regional Medical Research Centre)
Year2014
Volume25
Issue5
Pages853-864
Publication date2014-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Drug Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0955-3959 • E-ISSN: 1873-4758
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.04.016
PMID24925819
OpenAlexW2116601080
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited35

Improvements in safe injection practices and consistent condom use with regular partners suggest effectiveness of prevention efforts. However, increase in HBV prevalence and non-decline in HCV and HIV prevalence in both the states also underscore the need to continue and intensify targeted interventions (such as Hepatitis B vaccination, needle exchange programmes, condom distribution) for long term risk reduction among PWID population

Condom · Environmental health · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Odds ratio · Outreach · Demography · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Law · Medicine · Sex work and related issues · Internal Medicine

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