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People Who Inject Drugs in Mozambique: We need to normalize HIV treatment and care services in specialized community centers for people who inject drugs!

Baltazar, Cynthia Semá; Banze, Auria Ribeiro; Seleme, Jessica; Boothe, Makini.
Harm reduct. j; 21 (1), 2024
Globally, People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) have limited healthcare, treatment, and prevention services, and they frequently experience stigma and negative attitudes toward healthcare providers when accessing services. Mozambique, with a general population HIV prevalence of 12.5%, has one of the highest rat...
Epidemics, Mozambique/epidemiology, d0036950, d0066780, d0149440, d0550300, HIV Infections/therapy, HIV Infections/epidemiology, Substance Abuse, Intravenous/complications, Substance Abuse, Intravenous/epidemiology, Substance Abuse, Intravenous/therapy
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Young people who inject drugs in Mozambique: should we emphasize them in the National Harm Reduction Plan?

Baltazar, cynthia semá; Boothe, makini; Kellogg, timothy.
Mozambique has one of the highest burdens of HIV globally, and people who inject drugs (PWID) have one of thehighest HIV infection rates in Africa. After the implementation of the first Biological Behavioral Surveillance (BBS) Survey among PWID in Mozambique, the Ministry of Health started the developmen...
Pharmaceutical Preparations, HIV Infections/complications, Epidemics, Vulnerable Populations, Biological Products, Harm Reduction, Adolescent, Drug Users, Mozambique, HIV Infections/prevention & control, Needle-Exchange Programs/methods, Substance Abuse, Intravenous/complications
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