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Title: Supervised Injection Sites Are Prime Venues for Hep C Treatment Services
Post by: Hep Editors on August 27, 2018, 10:23:32 am
Supervised injection sites for people who inject drugs (PWID) are opportune places for clinicians to offer treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV), aidsmap reports. However, a recent survey of such sites in various nations found that they did not often provide such services on site.

In 2016, researchers conducted a survey of 49 supervised drug consumption sites, including eight in the Netherlands, 17 in Germany, nine in Spain and seven in Switzerland as well as sites in Denmark, France, Australia, Canada, Luxembourg and Norway.

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