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. 2024 Apr;66(4):388-391.
doi: 10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_963_23. Epub 2024 Apr 22.

Current status of harm reduction in India: Are we doing enough?

Arpit Parmar  1 , Radhika Chakraborty  1 , Yatan P S Balhara  2
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Current status of harm reduction in India: Are we doing enough?

Arpit Parmar et al. Indian J Psychiatry. 2024 Apr.
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Figure 1
Client coverage on OAT through NACO OST centers in the last 5 years (adapted from the National AIDS Control Organization 2023: Sankalak Fifth Edition)
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Current status of harm reduction services for PWID in India. *n of PWID = 8.5 lakhs (as per the national survey 2019). *n of PWID receiving TI services = 2.07 lakh, n of PWID on OAT = 44553 (as per the National AIDS Control Organization 2023: Sankalak Fifth Edition). These figures do not include people receiving OAT from services other than NACO
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