Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
December 02, 2024, 06:45:03 am

Login with username, password and session length


Members
Stats
  • Total Posts: 55133
  • Total Topics: 4851
  • Online Today: 229
  • Online Ever: 3061
  • (September 25, 2024, 11:40:40 pm)
Users Online
Users: 0
Guests: 221
Total: 221

Welcome

Welcome to the Hep Forums, a round-the-clock discussion area for people who have Fatty Liver Disease, Hepatitis B, C or a co-infection, their friends and family and others with questions about hepatitis and liver health. Check in frequently to read what others have to say, post your comments, and hopefully learn more about how you can reach your own health goals.

Privacy Warning: Please realize that these forums are open to all, and are fully searchable via Google and other search engines. If this concerns you, then do not use a username or avatar that are self-identifying in any way. We do not allow the deletion of anything you post in these forums, so think before you post.
  • The information shared in these forums, by moderators and members, is designed to complement, not replace, the relationship between an individual and his/her own physician.
  • All members of these forums are, by default, not considered to be licensed medical providers. If otherwise, users must clearly define themselves as such.
  • Product advertisement (including links); banners; and clinical trial, study or survey participation—is strictly prohibited by forums members unless permission has been secured from the Hep Forum Moderators.
Finished Reading This? You can collapse this or any other box on this page by clicking the symbol in each box.

Author Topic: Many People Who Inject Drugs Are at Risk of HIV and Hep C  (Read 9653 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Hep Editors

  • Member
  • Posts: 784
    • Hep Mag
Many People Who Inject Drugs Are at Risk of HIV and Hep C
« on: February 26, 2018, 10:22:46 am »
As the opioid epidemic rages, the U.S. population of people who inject drugs (PWID) is in considerable need of greater efforts to help mitigate their risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV). A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report highlights troubling regional and racial disparities in HIV prevalence and risk in this population and stresses the need for greater action to prevent transmission of both HIV and HCV.

Publishing their findings in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, CDC researchers analyzed data from the agency’s National HIV Behavioral Surveillance survey. Every three years, the NHBS conducts surveys of PWID in 20 major metropolitan areas to analyze their risk of HIV.

Read more...
https://www.hepmag.com/article/many-people-inject-drugs-risk-hiv-hep-c

 


© 2024 Smart + Strong. All Rights Reserved.   terms of use and your privacy
Smart + Strong® is a registered trademark of CDM Publishing, LLC.