The effect of location in mining or borderland areas on HIV incidence among people who use drugs attending a harm reduction programme in Myanmar, 2014–2021: A retrospective cohort study
Findings highlight the need to intensify harm reduction interventions with a focus on cross-border interventions. Increasing uptake of HIV testing alongside the scale up of evidenced based interventions is urgently needed to curb the high rates of HIV transmission associated with drug use, particularly among young people.
Authors
- Murdo Bijl
- Bayard Roberts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4482-5859)
- Sujit D. Rathod (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8783-7724)
- Khine Wut Yee Kyaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0709-484X)
- Aung Yu Naing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1352-4124)
- Lucy Platt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0943-0045)
- Sophia Garkov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2780-9032)
Institutions
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-05-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295727
- Primary Topic
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Global Challenges Research Fund