Doing the possible: harm reduction, injecting drug use and blood borne viral infections in Australia

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Doing the possible: harm reduction, injecting drug use and blood borne viral infections in Australia

Most surveys show that, other than among men who inject drugs and have a history of homosexual contact, the prevalence of HIV infection among injecting drug users (IDUs) in Australia is about 2%. Rates of needle sharing have also declined greatly in the last decade, although the high prevalence and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Loxley, Wendy
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	2000
Subjects:	injecting - illicit drug use - HIV/AIDS - hepatitis - harm reduction - policy - Australia
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10450

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