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Author Topic: Cities With Better Harm Reduction See Drop in Drug Users’ Hep C Rates  (Read 5615 times)

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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission rates among injection drug users (IDUs) vary widely between Western cities, with differences likely significantly driven by local harm-reduction efforts. Specifically, access to syringe services programs (SSPs) likely helps contain hep C transmission among local IDU populations. 

Publishing their findings in Clinical Infectious Diseases, researchers studied population-based cohort data from HCV-negative IDUs in Boston, Baltimore, San Francisco, Montreal, Amsterdam, Sydney and Melbourne covering 1985 to 2011.

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https://www.hepmag.com/article/cities-better-harm-reduction-see-drop-drug-users-hep-c-rates

 


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