HIV testing trend and associated factors among people who inject drugs in Iran (2010–2020)
Despite the increasing trend, HIV testing among PWID in Iran remains considerably low. Policies and strategies, such as HIV self-testing, expansion of harm reduction services to include HIV testing, and encouraging HIV testing among PWID, are required to increase HIV testing uptake in this population. Targeted interventions focusing on raising knowledge about the importance of HIV testing may contribute to further increased testing uptake among PWID.
Authors
- Fatemeh Tavakoli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0409-7626)
- Mehrdad Khezri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9712-6221)
- Soheil Mehmandoost (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6915-249X)
- Nima Ghalekhani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8524-8811)
- Parya Jangipour Afshar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1364-9912)
- Hossein Mirzaei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8033-9762)
- Mohammad Karamouzian
- Ali Akbar Haghdoost
- Hamid Sharifi
- Ali Mirzazadeh
Institutions
- St. Michael's Hospital (CA)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Brock University (CA)
- Kerman University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Global Brain Health Institute (US)
- New York University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Harm Reduction Journal
- Published
- 2026-02-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-026-01420-2
- Primary Topic
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00