Drug Abuse
Intervention stabilized HIV prevalence among IDUs in Northern Vietnam and Southern China
Published in Immunotherapy Weekly, June 28th, 2006
"In 2002, we implemented a 4-year HIV prevention intervention for injection drug users (IDUs) in Lang Son Province, Vietnam, and Ning Ming County, Guangxi Province, China, a cross-border region seriously affected by intertwined epidemics of heroin injection and HIV infection.
"The interventions involve peer education on HIV risk reduction and provision of new needles/syringes through direct distribution and pharmacy vouchers," scientists in the United States report.
According to T.M. Hammett and colleagues...
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Source: Immunotherapy Weekly (2006-06-28)
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