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Assisted partner services for people with HIV who inject drugs

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: In The Lancet Global Health, Aliza Monroe-Wise and colleagues examine the effectiveness of assisted partner services for people who inject drugs (PWID) living with HIV at eight harm-reduction sites in two Kenyan regions from 2018 to 2022.1 PWID living with HIV (index participants) were asked to list their sexual and injection partners, who were traced via phone or in person by community-based peer educators (people who formerly injected drugs trained to offer outreach and harm-reduction services) and encouraged to undergo testing for HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV).

Source: The Lancet Global Health

DOI: 10.1016/s2214-109x(24)00086-x

Authors: Tapiwa A Tembo, Saeed Ahmed, Nora E Rosenberg

Institutions: Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language: English

Topic: HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk

Subfield: Epidemiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $5,780