Measuring individual-level needle and syringe coverage among people who inject drugs in Myanmar

Myanmar has prioritised people who inject drugs (PWID) as a key population for HIV mitigation efforts, with targets for needle and syringe distribution set at a population level. However, individual-level coverage, defined as the percentage of an individual’s injecting episodes covered by a sterile...

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Published in:	The International journal of drug policy Vol. 58; pp. 22 - 30
Main Authors:	O’Keefe, Daniel, Aung, Soe Moe, Pasricha, Naanki, Wun, Thu, Linn, Soe Khaing, Lin, Nay, Aitken, Campbell, Hughes, Chad, Dietze, Paul
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.08.2018 Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:	Adult Demography Drop-in centers Drug abuse Drug policy Drug use Drugs Facilities and Services Utilization - statistics & numerical data Female Harm reduction Heroin HIV Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Hypodermic needles Individual differences Injecting drug use Injections Intervention Low and middle income Male Mitigation Myanmar - epidemiology Needle and syringe coverage Needles - statistics & numerical data Pharmacies Quantitative analysis Questionnaires Risk Risk behavior Risk-Taking Services Substance Abuse, Intravenous - epidemiology Substance Abuse, Intravenous - psychology Syringes - statistics & numerical data Urban Population - statistics & numerical data Young Adult Myanmar Myanmar (Burma) Harm reduction Injecting drug use Needle and syringe coverage Low and middle income
ISSN:	0955-3959, 1873-4758, 1873-4758
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