HIV testing in Non-Injection Drug Users: prevalence and associated factors.

CONCLUSION: The determinants for HIV testing must be taken into account when planning prevention and programming strategies, including the widening of testing coverage among NIDU, educational health actions, links between sexually transmitted infections prevention services and addiction treatment services and the use of rapid tests to help people that are in contact with the virus learn about their HIV status, enter treatment, and improve their quality of life. PMID: 27357979 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Jpn J Infect Dis Source Type: research