Scale-up of a comprehensive harm reduction programme for people injecting opioids: Lessons from north-eastern India;Ampliación de un programa completo dirigido a reducir los daños entre las personas que se inyectan opiáceos: Lecciones desde el noreste de India

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 306-312

  Lalmuanpuii, Melody ^a   Biangtung, Langkham ^a   Mishra, Ritu Kumar ^a   Reeve, Matthew J ^b   Tzudier, Sentimoa ^c   Singh, Angom L ^d   Sinate, Rebecca ^e   Sgaier, Sema K ^f  

^a Project ORCHID   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Emmanuel Hospital Association   (India)

^d Emmanuel Hospital Association   (India)

^e National AIDS Control Organization   (India)

^f BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAMORPHINE; NALOXONE; OPIATE AGONIST;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; SCALE UP; STAFF TRAINING; SYRINGE;

INDIA; MANIPUR; NAGALAND;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MELINDA;

EID: 84877031554     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.12.108274     Document Type: Article

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