Access, adherence, quality and impact of ARV provision to current and ex-injecting drug users in Manipur (India): An initial assessment

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 319-325

  Sharma, Mukta ^a   Singh, Rajkumar Raju ^b   Laishram, Phillip ^b   Kumar, Basanta ^b   Nanao, Haobam ^c   Sharma, Charan ^d   Ahmed, Tanvir ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b North East India Harm Reduction Network ^*  (Bangladesh)

^c Manipur Network of Positive People   (India)

^d Social Awareness Service Organisation   (India)

Author keywords

Access; Adherence; ART; IDUs; India; Manipur

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; EFAVIRENZ; LAMIVUDINE; LAMIVUDINE PLUS NEVIRAPINE PLUS STAVUDINE; LAMIVUDINE PLUS NEVIRAPINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; STAVUDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIROLANS; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; DRUG COST; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EVALUATION; EYE DISEASE; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEARING DISORDER; HEPATITIS; HIV EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INDIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN DISCOLORATION; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; WAITING ROOM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 34547395851     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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