Improving coverage and scale-up of HIV prevention, treatment and care for injecting drug users: Moving the agenda forward

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 1-4

  Sharma, Mukta ^a   Burrows, Dave ^a   Bluthenthal, Ricky N ^a  

^a AIDS Projects Management Group Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYRINGE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 41149151151     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2007.12.008     Document Type: Editorial

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