HIV among People Who Inject Drugs in the Middle East and North Africa : Systematic Review and Data Synthesis

It is perceived that little is known about the epidemiology of HIV infection among people who inject drugs (PWID) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The primary objective of this study was to assess the status of the HIV epidemic among PWID in MENA by describing HIV prevalence and incidence...

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Main Authors:	Mumtaz, Ghina R., Weiss, Helen A., Thomas, Sara L., Riome, Suzanne, Setayesh, Hamidreza
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	en_US
Published:	Public Library of Science 2015
Subjects:	HIV transmission HIV people who inject drugs PWID
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23199

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spelling	okr-10986-231992021-04-23T14:04:13Z HIV among People Who Inject Drugs in the Middle East and North Africa : Systematic Review and Data Synthesis Mumtaz, Ghina R. Weiss, Helen A. Thomas, Sara L. Riome, Suzanne Setayesh, Hamidreza HIV transmission HIV people who inject drugs PWID It is perceived that little is known about the epidemiology of HIV infection among people who inject drugs (PWID) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The primary objective of this study was to assess the status of the HIV epidemic among PWID in MENA by describing HIV prevalence and incidence. Secondary objectives were to describe the risk behavior environment and the HIV epidemic potential among PWID, and to estimate the prevalence of injecting drug use in MENA. 2015-12-03T19:43:00Z 2015-12-03T19:43:00Z 2014-06-17 Journal Article PLoS Medicine http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23199 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Public Library of Science Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Middle East and North Africa Middle East North Africa
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spellingShingle	HIV transmission HIV people who inject drugs PWID Mumtaz, Ghina R. Weiss, Helen A. Thomas, Sara L. Riome, Suzanne Setayesh, Hamidreza HIV among People Who Inject Drugs in the Middle East and North Africa : Systematic Review and Data Synthesis
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description	It is perceived that little is known about the epidemiology of HIV infection among people who inject drugs (PWID) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The primary objective of this study was to assess the status of the HIV epidemic among PWID in MENA by describing HIV prevalence and incidence. Secondary objectives were to describe the risk behavior environment and the HIV epidemic potential among PWID, and to estimate the prevalence of injecting drug use in MENA.
format	Journal Article
author	Mumtaz, Ghina R. Weiss, Helen A. Thomas, Sara L. Riome, Suzanne Setayesh, Hamidreza
author_facet	Mumtaz, Ghina R. Weiss, Helen A. Thomas, Sara L. Riome, Suzanne Setayesh, Hamidreza
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title	HIV among People Who Inject Drugs in the Middle East and North Africa : Systematic Review and Data Synthesis
title_short	HIV among People Who Inject Drugs in the Middle East and North Africa : Systematic Review and Data Synthesis
title_full	HIV among People Who Inject Drugs in the Middle East and North Africa : Systematic Review and Data Synthesis
title_fullStr	HIV among People Who Inject Drugs in the Middle East and North Africa : Systematic Review and Data Synthesis
title_full_unstemmed	HIV among People Who Inject Drugs in the Middle East and North Africa : Systematic Review and Data Synthesis
title_sort	hiv among people who inject drugs in the middle east and north africa : systematic review and data synthesis
publisher	Public Library of Science
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HIV among People Who Inject Drugs in the Middle East and North Africa : Systematic Review and Data Synthesis

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