Scale-up of a comprehensive harm reduction programme for people injecting opioids: lessons from north-eastern India | Zendy

Melody Lalmuanpuii | Zendy; Biangtung Langkham | Zendy; Ritu Mishra | Zendy; Matthew Reeve | Zendy; Sentimoa Tzudier | Zendy; Angom L Singh | Zendy; Rebecca Sinate | Zendy; Sema K. Sgaier | Zendy

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Scale-up of a comprehensive harm reduction programme for people injecting opioids: lessons from north-eastern India

Author(s) -

Melody Lalmuanpuii,

Biangtung Langkham,

Ritu Mishra,

Matthew Reeve,

Sentimoa Tzudier,

Angom L Singh,

Rebecca Sinate,

Sema K. Sgaier

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

bulletin of the world health organization

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1564-0604

pISSN - 0042-9686

DOI - 10.2471/blt.12.108274

Subject(s) - harm reduction , scale (ratio) , medicine , environmental health , harm , geography , public health , nursing , political science , cartography , law

Harm reduction packages for people who inject illicit drugs, including those infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), are cost-effective but have not been scaled up globally. In the north-eastern Indian states of Manipur and Nagaland, the epidemic of HIV infection is driven by the injection of illicit drugs, especially opioids. These states needed to scale up harm reduction programmes but faced difficulty doing so.

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