Vulnerable Areas for Infectious Diseases in Persons Who Inject Drugs

Sharing needles, syringes, and other injection equipment: PWID are at high risk for HIV if they use needles, syringes, or other drug injection equipment–such as ...

CENTER FOR SUBSTANCE USE & INFECTIOUS DISEASE CARE ...

People who inject drugs (PWID) face multilevel barriers to accessing HIV-related services resulting from stigma, low knowledge/awareness of services, and ...

Assessment of County Vulnerability to Increases in Injection Drug ...

in southeast Georgia (in a somewhat smaller area than the infectious disease assessment) and north Georgia (in a somewhat larger area than the infectious ...

Epidemiology of acute infections in people who inject drugs in ...

People who inject drugs are at risk of acute infections, such as skin and soft tissue infections, infective endocarditis, bone and joint infections and ...

HIV: People who inject drugs - Health Protection Surveillance Centre

People who inject drugs (PWID) are at special risk of developing a range of infectious diseases because of the dangers posed by contaminated injection needles, ...

2 Scope of the Problem | Opportunities to Improve Opioid Use ...

In addition, OUD increases the risks of other infectious diseases, such as sexually transmitted infections spread through high-risk sexual behaviors in exchange ...

A stakeholder-driven framework for measuring potential change in ...

People who inject drugs (PWID) have likely borne disproportionate health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. PWID experienced both interruptions and ...

Applying the Infectious Diseases Literature to People who Inject Drugs

Application of the existing infectious disease (ID) literature to people who inject drugs (PWID) must consider their unique medical, psychological, and social ...

Supporting and Sustaining Access to Harm Reduction Services for ...

People who inject drugs (PWID) without access to sterile supplies have a disproportionate incidence and prevalence of HIV, viral hepatitis, STDs ...

Interventions to reduce harms for people who inject drugs in prisons

Infection related harms included direct harms, such as infections and abscesses, as well as behaviours that increased the risk of infection ...

Medical Directors and staff of Opioid Treatment Programs From

or have injected drugs, face an elevated risk for infectious disease acquisition and transmission. ... infection, including persons who inject drugs, be ...

Syringe Services Programs | HIV.gov

This misuse has led to an increase in unsafe injection practices that put people who inject drugs (PWID) at risk of overdose deaths and getting and transmitting ...

Infectious Disease Elimination Act (IDEA) | Florida Department of ...

IDEA that allows county commissions to authorize sterile needle and syringe exchange programs for people who inject drugs.

Infectious Diseases and Substance Use in Kentucky

Vulnerability to an Outbreak of HIV/HCV. Infections Among People who Inject Drugs and. Preventive Syringe Services Programs (SSPs). 3 Counties ...

Infectious Disease: Types, Causes & Treatments - Cleveland Clinic

... areas with certain highly transmissible diseases. People at higher risk of infectious disease include: Those with suppressed or compromised immune systems ...

Hepatitis A - World Health Organization (WHO)

Disease may occur among adolescents and adults in high-risk groups, such as persons who inject drugs (PWID), men who have sex with men (MSM), ...

How I manage severe bacterial infections in people who inject drugs

Injecting drug use is a risk factor for severe bacterial infection, but there is limited high-quality evidence to guide clinicians providing care to people ...

Epidemiology of injecting drug use, prevalence of ... - The Lancet

8·4% (95% CI 4·7–13·0) of people who inject drugs were estimated to have current HBV infection (as indicated by HBsAg positivity), equating to 1 ...

Hospitalizations for Infections related to Injection Drug Use

People who inject illicit drugs are at risk for skin and soft tissue infections, such as cellulitis and abscesses, as well as infections caused ...

Webinar: guidance on prevention and control of infectious diseases ...

... risk of onward transmission to others, including those who do not inject drugs. The updated guidance aims to support policymakers and public ...