Background Sharing of equipment used for injecting drug use (IDU) is a substantial cause of
disease burden and a contributor to blood-borne virus transmission. We did a global …

Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are a key population affected by the global HIV
and hepatitis C virus (HCV) epidemics. HIV and HCV prevention interventions for PWID …

Background Illicitly manufactured fentanyl and its analogues are appearing in countries
throughout the world, often disguised as heroin or counterfeit prescription pills, with resulting …

The world prison population is growing at a rate that exceeds the rate of population growth.
This issue of Epidemiologic Reviews comprises articles in which researchers summarize …

Background There are an estimated 3.2 million women who inject drugs worldwide,
constituting 20% of all people who inject drugs. The limited data that are available suggest …

Aims Release from prison is a high‐risk period for mortality. We examined the impact of
opioid substitution therapy (OST), for opioid dependence during and after incarceration …

Prestigious and authoritative, this fully updated fourteenth edition of Simpson's Forensic
Medicine remains a classic; one of the world's leading introductory texts in the field of …

Background Several novel overdose response technology interventions, also known as
mobile overdose response services (MORS), have emerged as adjunct measures to reduce …

Background: Men who have sex with men (MSM), sex workers (SW) and people who use
drugs (PWUD) are at increased risk for HIV because of multiple socio-structural barriers and …

Background Opioid relapse, one of the common and severe problems during methadone
maintenance treatment, can give rise to poor treatment outcomes. This study measured the …