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Shooting Up Infections among injecting drug users in the UK 2012. An update: November 2013

Public Health England ; Health Protection Scotland ; Public Health Wales ; Public Health Agency Northern Ireland | 2013
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1. People who inject image and performance enhancing drugs, such as anabolic steroids and melanotan, are at greater risk of HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C infection than previously thought. In England and Wales, the level of HIV infection amon[...]

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Shooting Up Infections among injecting drug users in the United Kingdom 2007. An update: October 2008

Health Protection Agency ; Health Protection Scotland ; National Public Health Service for Wales ; CDSC Northern Ireland ; CRDHB | 2008
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This report is the latest in a series of annual Shooting Up reports documenting the wide range of harms experienced by injecting drug users - including blood borne viruses and bacterial infections. It found that one third of injecting drug users[...]

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Shooting Up Infections among people who injected drugs in the UK, 2015. An update: November 2016

Public Health England ; Health Protection Scotland ; Public Health Wales ; Public Health Agency Northern Ireland | 2016
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* HIV levels remain low, but risks continue. In the UK, around one in 100 people who inject drugs is living with HIV. Most have been diagnosed and will be accessing HIV care. However, HIV is often diagnosed at a late stage among people who inje[...]

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Shooting Up Infections among people who injected drugs in the UK, 2018. An update, December 2019

Public Health England ; Health Protection Scotland ; Public Health Wales ; Public Health Agency Northern Ireland | 2019
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* Preventable bacterial infections are increasing. Over half of people who inject drugs (PWID) report having a recent symptom of a bacterial infection. Severe bacterial infections in PWID have been increasing since 2013/14. The cause of the ris[...]

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