Global prevalence of injecting drug use and sociodemographic characteristics and prevalence of HIV, HBV, and HCV in people who inject drugs: a multistage …

L Degenhardt, A Peacock, S Colledge… - The Lancet Global …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background Sharing of equipment used for injecting drug use (IDU) is a substantial cause of
disease burden and a contributor to blood-borne virus transmission. We did a global …

The evolution of addiction treatment and harm reduction programs in Iran: a chaotic response or a synergistic diversity?

H Ekhtiari, A Noroozi, A Farhoudian, SR Radfar… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Backgrounds and aims Iran has 2.1 and 1.8% of its 15–64‐year‐old population living with
illicit substance and opioid use disorders, respectively. To address these problems, Iran has …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of HIV/AIDS among Iranian prisoners: a review article

M Akbari, M Akbari, A Naghibzadeh-Tahami… - Addiction & …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Worldwide, prisoners are more at risk of being infected by human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as well as hepatitis C and B in comparison with other risk …

The decade-long Chinese methadone maintenance therapy yields large population and economic benefits for drug users in reducing harm, HIV and HCV disease …

L Zhang, X Zou, Y Xu, N Medland, L Deng… - Frontiers in Public …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Objectives: We aimed to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the population impact of
methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) for its future program planning. Methods: We …

[HTML][HTML] Methadone maintenance treatment program in prisons from the perspective of medical and non-medical prison staff: a qualitative study in Iran

G Moradi, M Farnia, M Shokoohi… - … journal of health …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: As one of the most important components of harm reduction strategy for high-
risk groups, following the HIV epidemics, Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT) has …

Economic vulnerability of methadone maintenance patients: implications for policies on co-payment services

BX Tran, HTT Phan, LH Nguyen, CT Nguyen… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Co-payment for methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) services is a strategy
to ensure the financial sustainability of the HIV/AIDS programs in Vietnam. In this study, we …

Prevalence of late presenters and advanced HIV disease in HIV patients and their related factors in Iran: Results from 19 years of national surveillance HIV data

M Sharafi, A Mirahmadizadeh… - AIDS Research and …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Late presenters (LP) and Advanced HIV Disease (AHD) represent important missed
opportunities to reduce secondary transmission and undesirable HIV outcomes. Despite …

Blended smartphone intervention for patients in opioid maintenance treatment in Iran: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

N Boumparis, A Noroozi, E Naghizadeh, A Meyer… - BMC psychiatry, 2023 - Springer
Background The pattern of substance use in Iran is characterized by a high prevalence of
opioid use and opioid use disorder (OUD). Although opioid maintenance therapy (OMT) has …

[HTML][HTML] Cost-effectiveness of methadone maintenance treatment centers in prevention of human immunodeficiency virus infection

S Pourkhajoei, M Barouni, A Noroozi, A Hajebi… - Addiction & …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is one of the greatest social
health problems in many communities in the twenty-first century. Methadone maintenance …

[HTML][HTML] 云南省德宏傣族景颇族自治州HIV 感染的注射吸毒者未接受美沙酮维持治疗现况调查

唐仁海, 叶润华, 杨跃诚, 姚仕堂, 王继宝, 张荣明… - 中华流行病学 …, 2017 - html.rhhz.net
目的了解云南省德宏傣族景颇族自治州(德宏州) HIV 感染的注射吸毒者(IDUs)
未参加美沙酮维持治疗(MMT) 情况及其相关因素. 方法从中国疾病预防控制信息系统艾滋病综合 …