Identifying Programmatic Gaps: Inequities in Harm Reduction Service Utilization among Male and Female Drug Users in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Lambdin, Barrot H ^a,b   Bruce, R Douglas ^a,c   Chang, Olivia ^a   Nyandindi, Cassian ^d   Sabuni, Norman ^e   Zamudio Haas, Sophia ^f   McCurdy, Sheryl ^g   Masao, Frank ^d   Ivo, Yovin ^h   Msami, Amani ^h   Ubuguy, Omar ^d   Mbwambo, Jessie ^d  

^a Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Tanzania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h Office of the Prime Minister   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; CONDOM USE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION SIZE; PROSTITUTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL WORKER; TANZANIA;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84879346920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067062     Document Type: Article

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