Thursday, December 31, 2015

Hepatitis C Virus and HIV Infections among People Who Inject Drugs in the Middle East and North Africa: A Neglected Public Health Burden?

People who inject drugs (PWID) are a key population at risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV infections. Globally, 63% of PWID are HCV infected [, ] and 19% are HIV infected [], leading to an estimated 10 million and 3 million HCV- and HIV-infected PWID, respectively []. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA), a region comprising 23 countries from Morocco in the West to Pakistan in the East, is at the centre of major drug production and trade, creating a context of vulnerability to injecting drug use []. PWID in MENA are a large, mostly young and stigmatized population experiencing a substantial HCV and HIV burden, with potential for even further HIV epidemic growth. Yet, they lack access to comprehensive and confidential HCV and HIV testing, prevention and treatment services.

Below:  Median HCV prevalence among people who inject drugs in the Middle East and North Africa as per available studies []. Error bars represent the lower and upper bounds of the interquartile range if more than one data point was available per country.



Full article at:   http://goo.gl/qK72Up

By:   Ghina R Mumtaz,§,1,2 Helen A Weiss,3 and Laith J Abu-Raddad1,4
1Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College – Qatar, Cornell University, Qatar Foundation – Education City, Doha, Qatar
2Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
3MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
4Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
§Corresponding author: Ghina R Mumtaz, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group, Weill Cornell Medical College – Qatar, Cornell University, Qatar Foundation – Education City, P.O. Box 24144, Doha, Qatar. Tel: +(974) 4492 8406. Fax: +(974) 4492 8422. (Email:ude.llenroc.dem-rataq@6002mig



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