Needle syringe acquisition and HIV prevention among injecting drug users: A treatise on the "good" and "not so good" public health practices in South Asia

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 41, Issue 6-7, 2006, Pages 953-977

  Panda, Samiran ^a,c   Sharma, Mukta ^b  

^a Society for Positive Atmosphere and Related Support to HIV/AIDS SPARSHA   (India)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c Macfarlane Burnet Ctr for Med Res   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; HIV prevention in IDUS; India; needle and syringe acquisition; needle and syringe exchange; Nepal; Pakistan; secondary exchange; South Asia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INJECTION DRUG USER; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; NEEDLE; NEEDLE AND SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAM; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PURCHASING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH ASIA; SYRINGE;

ASIA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COMMERCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; NEEDLES; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 33745685945     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080600669512     Document Type: Article

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