Needle and syringe programmes and opioid substitution therapy for preventing HCV transmission among people who inject drugs: findings from a Cochrane Review …

L Platt, S Minozzi, J Reed, P Vickerman, H Hagan… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To estimate the effects of needle and syringe programmes (NSP) and opioid
substitution therapy (OST), alone or in combination, for preventing acquisition of hepatitis C …

Needle syringe programmes and opioid substitution therapy for preventing hepatitis C transmission in people who inject drugs

L Platt, S Minozzi, J Reed, P Vickerman… - Cochrane Database …, 2017 - cochranelibrary.com
Needle syringe programmes and opioid substitution therapy for preventing hepatitis C
transmission in people who inject drugs - Platt, L - 2017 | Cochrane Library Skip to Content …

Incidence of HIV and hepatitis C virus among people who inject drugs, and associations with age and sex or gender: a global systematic review and meta-analysis

A Artenie, J Stone, H Fraser, D Stewart… - The lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Measuring the incidence of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among
people who inject drugs (PWID) is key to track progress towards elimination. We aimed to …

Providing comprehensive health services for young key populations: needs, barriers and gaps

S Delany‐Moretlwe, FM Cowan, J Busza… - Journal of the …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Adolescence is a time of physical, emotional and social transitions that have
implications for health. In addition to being at high risk for HIV, young key populations (YKP) …

HIV, HCV, and health-related harms among women who inject drugs: implications for prevention and treatment

J Iversen, K Page, A Madden… - JAIDS Journal of Acquired …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: Although an estimated 3.5 million women inject drugs globally, women are
outnumbered 4 to one by men who inject drugs and are often ignored or overlooked in the …

[HTML][HTML] HIV and adolescents: focus on young key populations

LG Bekker, S Hosek - Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2015 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Adolescents and young adults are at increased risk for HIV due to the many developmental,
psychological, social, and structural transitions that converge in this period of the lifespan. In …

Management of acute HCV infection in the era of direct-acting antiviral therapy

M Martinello, B Hajarizadeh, J Grebely… - Nature reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
The management of acute HCV infection has not been standardized following the
availability of direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) for chronic HCV infection, and substantial …

Hepatitis C in pregnancy: a unique opportunity to improve the hepatitis C cascade of care

T Kushner, NA Terrault - Hepatology communications, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Hepatitis C has increasingly affected women of child‐bearing age over the past few years as
a result of the opioid epidemic. In this review, we discuss the effect of hepatitis C on …

Factors associated with hepatitis C treatment uptake among females of childbearing age in New South Wales, Australia: a population‐based study

H Valerio, M Alavi, AD Marshall… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Females of childbearing age with hepatitis C virus (HCV) face increased
marginalisation with intersecting, sex‐specific barriers to direct acting antiviral (DAA) …

[HTML][HTML] Gender, sexual orientation identity, and initiation of amphetamine injecting among people who inject drugs: Examination of an expanding drug era in Montreal …

SB Høj, N Minoyan, G Zang, S Larney… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Amphetamine injection is expanding in North America and has been
associated with male homosexuality among people who inject drugs (PWID). Applying …