Executive summary Inspired by unprecedented improvements in human health and
development in recent decades, our world has embarked on a quest that only a generation …

The care cascade—which evaluates outcomes across stages of patient engagement in a
health system—is an important framework for assessing quality of tuberculosis (TB) care. In …

Background To achieve reductions in HIV incidence, we need strategies to engage key
population at risk for HIV in low-income and middle-income countries. We evaluated the …

Background and Aims Human NAFLD is characterized at early stages by hepatic steatosis,
which may progress to NASH when the liver displays microvesicular steatosis, lobular …

Background Most people who inject drugs (PWID) in Iran have not undergone recent HIV
testing. While PWID face barriers when seeking HIV testing at health facilities, HIV self …

Background Hepatitis C diagnosis could be a gateway to behavioral change and
subsequent decline in transmission among people who inject drugs (PWIDs). We assessed …

Injection drug use has been the leading route of HIV transmission in Iran. We assessed HIV
prevalence, risk behaviors, and uptake of prevention services among people who inject …

Background & Aims There have been calls to integrate HCV testing into existing services,
including harm reduction and HIV prevention and treatment, but there are few empirical trials …

Introduction There are limited data on young people who inject drugs (PWID) from low‐and
middle‐income countries where injection drug use remains a key driver of new HIV …

Background and Aims Implementing effective interventions for HCV requires a detailed
understanding of local transmission dynamics and geospatial spread. Little is known about …