High levels of all-cause mortality among people who inject drugs from 2018 to 2022

S. ROUSSOS ; T. ANGELOPOULOS ; E. CHOLONGITAS ; S. SAVVANIS ; N. PAPADOPOULOS ; A. KAPATAIS ; A. CHOUNTA ; P. IOANNIDOU ; M. DEUTSCH ; S. MANOLAKOPOULOS ; V. SEVASTIANOS ; M. V. PAPAGEORGIOU ; I. VLACHOGIANNAKOS ; M. MELA ; I. ELEFSINIOTIS ; S. VRAKAS ; D. KARAGIANNAKIS ; F. PLIARCHOPOULOU ; S. CHAIKALIS ; E. TSIROGIANNI ; M. PSICHOGIOU ; G. KALAMITSIS ; F. LEOBILLA ; D. PARASKEVIS ; M. MALLIORI ; I. GOULIS ; G. PAPATHEODORIDIS ; A. HATZAKIS ; V. SYPSA | 2024
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.126, April 2024) Article : Périodique

Background: Mortality among people who inject drugs (PWID) is high, with overdose and HIV infection being the main causes of death. In Greece, there have been no data on mortality, and two HIV outbreaks have been recorded in this population in t[...]

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HIV outbreaks among people who inject drugs in Europe, North America, and Israel

D. C. DES JARLAIS ; V. SYPSA ; J. FEELEMYER ; A. O. ABAGIU ; V. ARENDT ; D. BROZ ; D. CHEMTOB ; C. SEGUIN-DEVAUX ; J. M. DUWVE ; M. FITZGERALD ; D. J. GOLDBERG ; A. HATZAKIS ; R. E. JIPA ; E. KATCHMAN ; E. KEENAN ; I. KHAN ; S. KONRAD ; A. McAULEY ; S. SKINNER ; L. WIESSING | 2020
Dans Lancet HIV (The) (Vol.7, n°6, June 2020) Article : Périodique

During 2011-16, HIV outbreaks occurred among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Canada (southeastern Saskatchewan), Greece (Athens), Ireland (Dublin), Israel (Tel Aviv), Luxembourg, Romania (Bucharest), Scotland (Glasgow), and USA (Scott County, [...]

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Monitoring quality and coverage of harm reduction services for people who use drugs: a consensus study

L. WIESSING ; M. FERRI ; V. BELACKOVA ; P. CARRIERI ; S. R. FRIEDMAN ; C. FOLCH ; K. DOLAN ; B. GALVIN ; P. VICKERMAN ; J. V. LAZARUS ; V. MRAVCIK ; M. KRETZSCHMAR ; V. SYPSA ; A. SARASA-RENEDO ; A. UUSKULA ; D. PARASKEVIS ; L. MENDAO ; D. ROSSI ; N. VAN GELDER ; L. MITCHESON ; L. PAOLI ; C. DIAZ GOMEZ ; M. MILHET ; N. DASCALU ; J. KNIGHT ; G. HAY ; E. KALAMARA ; R. SIMON ; C. M. COMISKEY ; C. ROSSI ; P. GRIFFITHS ; EUBEST working group | 2017
Dans Harm Reduction Journal (Vol.14, n°19, 2017) Article : Périodique

Background and aims: Despite advances in our knowledge of effective services for people who use drugs over the last decades globally, coverage remains poor in most countries, while quality is often unknown. This paper aims to discuss the histori[...]

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Treatment and primary prevention in people who inject drugs for chronic hepatitis C infection: is elimination possible in a high-prevalence setting?

I. GOUNTAS ; V. SYPSA ; O. ANAGNOSTOU ; N. MARTIN ; P. VICKERMAN ; E. KAFETZOPOULOS ; A. HATZAKIS | 2017
Dans Addiction (Vol.112, n°7, July 2017) Article : Périodique

Aims: To project the impact of scaling-up oral anti-viral therapy and harm reduction on chronic hepatitis C (CHC) prevalence and incidence among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Greece, to estimate the relationship between required treatment le[...]

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Univariable associations between a history of incarceration and HIV and HCV prevalence among people who inject drugs across 17 countries in Europe 2006 to 2020 - is the precautionary principle applicable?

L. WIESSING ; E. KALAMARA ; J. STONE ; P. ALTAN ; L. VAN BAELEN ; A. FOTIOU ; D. GARCIA ; J. GOULAO ; B. GUARITA ; V. HOPE ; M. JAUFFRET-ROUSTIDE ; L. JURGELAITIENE ; M. KABERG ; A. KAMARULZAMAN ; L. LEMSALU ; A. KIVITE-URTANE ; B. KOLARIC ; L. MONTANARI ; M. ROSINSKA ; L. SAVA ; I. HORVATH ; T. SEYLER ; V. SYPSA ; A. TARJAN ; I. YIASEMI ; R. ZIMMERMANN ; M. FERRI ; K. DOLAN ; A. UUSKULA ; P. VICKERMAN | 2021
Dans Eurosurveillance (Vol.26, n°49, 09 Decembe 2021) Article : Périodique

Background: People who inject drugs (PWID) are frequently incarcerated, which is associated with multiple negative health outcomes. Aim: We aimed to estimate the associations between a history of incarceration and prevalence of HIV and HCV infe[...]

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