Early disruptions to syringe services programs during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Benjamin M. Nikitin,
Daniel J. Bromberg,
Iryna Pykalo
et al.
Abstract:IntroductionThe widespread HIV epidemic in Ukraine is concentrated among people who inject drugs (PWID), making access to sterile injection paraphernalia (SIP) like sterile needles and syringes a critical method of HIV/AIDS prevention; however, the Russian invasion has threatened to disrupt the operations of syringe services programs (SSPs), creating a risk of HIV outbreaks among PWID.MethodsWe conducted 10 semi-structured interviews with outreach workers from SSPs. Interviews were purposively sampled to cover… Show more
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