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Article de Périodique
HIV and women who use drugs: double neglect, double risk. Comment (2010)
Auteur(s) :
EL-BASSEL, N. ;
TERLIKBAEVA, A. ;
PINKHAM, S.
Année :
2010
Page(s) :
312-314
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
11
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases)
Résumé :
HIV infections continue to rise in drug-involved women, especially injecting drug users in Asia and eastern Europe, and in crack-cocaine users in the USA and other countries. Women who use drugs are doubly at risk for HIV infection via unprotected sex and unsafe injections. These women have exceptional needs that have not been addressed in current global HIV-prevention strategies. Drug-treatment and HIV-prevention programmes are usually designed and run by men, and therefore might not be sensitive to the unique needs of women. Drug treatment, harm reduction, and HIV programmes for women are near universally underfunded despite evidence of efficacy. The challenges facing drug-involved women mandate a call to action for this often hidden and neglected population. [Extract]
Affiliation :
Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, NY 10025, United States / Etats-Unis ; Columbia University Global Health Research Center of Central Asia, Almaty, Kazakhstan