Effectiveness of needle and syringe programmes for preventing HIV transmission
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Effectiveness of sterile needle and syringe programmes
This is the first comprehensive international review of the evidence for needle syringe programmes. The major, and now overwhelmingly strong, finding is that needle syringe programmes reduce HIV transmission effectively, safely and cost effectively. The size of the benefit is substantial. There is compelling evidence that needle syringe programmes reduce HIV incidence and HIV prevalence by redu...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Drug Policy
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0955-3959
DOI: 10.1016/s0955-3959(03)00133-6