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. 2005 Oct 25:2:22.
doi: 10.1186/1477-7517-2-22.

Effectiveness of harm reduction programmes for injecting drug users in Dhaka city

Tasnim Azim  1 , Najmul Hussein, Robert Kelly
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Effectiveness of harm reduction programmes for injecting drug users in Dhaka city

Tasnim Azim et al. Harm Reduct J. .

Abstract

This paper provides a brief overview of the harm reduction programme for injecting drug users (IDU) of CARE, Bangladesh in Dhaka city and uses data from surveillance and a focussed research study on a cohort of IDU, to evaluate the programme. The harm reduction programme in Dhaka is run by CARE, Bangladesh and includes needle/syringe exchange, awareness raising on HIV/STI, abscess management, condom distribution and advocacy with different groups of people. The needle/syringe exchange programme (NEP) has been in place since 1998, the 2nd Generation Surveillance in Bangladesh is being conducted since 1998, and an in-depth cohort study, started in 2002, is being conducted in two areas of Dhaka city with approximately 500 IDU under CARE's NEP who are being followed bi-annually to assess risk behaviour, incidence of HIV, hepatitis C and syphilis. As the surveillance and the cohort study are both closely associated with the NEP of CARE, Bangladesh, these data can be used to monitor the NEP.

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