The long winding road of opioid substitution therapy implementation in South-East Asia: challenges to scale up

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The long winding road of opioid substitution therapy implementation in South-East Asia: challenges to scale up

In South-East Asia Region (SEAR) there were an estimated 400, 000 - 500,000 people who inject drugs (PWID). HIV prevalence among PWID was commonly 20% and higher in Indonesia, Thailand, Myanmar, and some regions of India. Opioid substitution therapy (OST) has been implemented as an important HIV pre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Reid, G., Higgs, Peter, Sharma, M.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	PAGEPress 2014
Subjects:	Illicit drugs Methadone Southeastern Asia Policy
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36598

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