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Regional/Multinational
       
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Access and coverage of needle and syringe programmes (NSP) in Central and Eastern
Europe and Central Asia.
Aceijas C, Hickman M, Donoghoe MC, et al  
Addiction. 2007 Jun 12;
Abstract
 
Estonia
       
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Expanded syringe exchange programs and reduced HIV infection among new injection drug users in Tallinn, Estonia.
Uuskula A, Des Jarlais DC, Kals M,  et al
BMC Public Health. 2011 Jun 30;11(1):517.
Paper
France
         

        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Multiple access to sterile syringes for injection drug users: vending machines,
needle exchange programs and legal pharmacy sales in Marseille, France.
Moatti JP, Vlahov D, Feroni I, et al. 
Eur Addict Res 2001 Mar;7(1):40-5
 Abstract

         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Innovative peer-to-peer educational intervention to reduce HIV and other blood-borne infection risks in difficult-to-reach people who inject drugs: results from the ANRS AERLI study
P. Carrieri, J.-M. Le Gall M. Debrus, B. et al
 (XX International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract

Monitoring harm reduction among intravenous drug users in France, 1996-2002
J Emmanuelli
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
Germany
       
        Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  Harm reduction-from a conceptual framework to practical experience: the example of Germany.
Michels II, Stöver H.
Subst Use Misuse. 2012 Jun;47(8-9):910-22.
 Abstract
Herzegovina
       
         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Change in HIV prevention coverage among injection drug users in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 2007
and 2009: A report from two respondent-driven sampling surveys
 R. Petrović, V. Baćak, D. Mid?ić, et al
 (XVIII International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
Hungary
       
         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries        
 
  Transition to injecting 3, 4-methylene-dioxy-pyrovalerone (MDPV) among needle exchange program participants in Hungary.
Csák R, Demetrovics Z, Rácz J.
J Psychopharmacol. 2013 Mar 4.
 Abstract

The efficacy of needle exchange programs in the prevention of HIV and hepatitis infection among
injecting drug users
Takács IG, Demetrovics Z.
Psychiatr Hung. 2009;24(4):264-281.
Abstract
Ireland
         

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Recipient syringe sharing and its relationship to social proximity, perception of risk and
preparedness to share.
Smyth BP, Roche A.
Addict Behav. 2006 Dec 22;
 Abstract

Syringe borrowing persists in Dublin despite harm reduction interventions.
Smyth BP, Barry J,Keenan E.  
Addiction 2001 May;96(5):717-27
 Abstract
Romania
       
         Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
  Youth RISE Up HIV Prevention! Developing effective harm reduction programming and
best practices for young people who use drugs
 K. Zanardi, V. Broasca
(XVIII International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
Spain
         

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Evaluation of needle exchange program at Pereiro de Aguiar prison (Ourense, Spain): ten years of experience
Ferrer-Castro V, Crespo-Leiro MR, García-Marcos LS, et al
Rev Esp Sanid Penit. 2012 Jun;14(1):3-11
 Abstract

Users' perception of a harm reduction program in an outpatient drug dependency treatment center
Daigre C, Comín M, Rodríguez-Cintas L,  et al
Gac Sanit. 2010 Nov 3.
Abstract

Community collection of syringes by parenteral drug users complementary to syringe
exchange programs  
Bechich S, Martinez M, Llorella G, et al.  
Gac Sanit 2001 Jul;15(4):353-355
 Abstract
Switzerland
       
         Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries        
 
  Estimating national-level syringe availability to injecting drug users and injection coverage:
Switzerland, 1996-2006.
Arnaud S, Jeannin A, Dubois-Arber F.
Int J Drug Policy. 2011 May;22(3):226-32
 Abstract
United Kingdom
         

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 

 

 
FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
The acceptability and feasibility of a brief psychosocial intervention to reduce blood-borne virus risk behaviours among people who inject drugs: a randomised control feasibility trial of a psychosocial intervention (the PROTECT study) versus treatment as usual.
Gilchrist G, Swan D, Shaw A, et al
Harm Reduct J. 2017 Mar 21;14(1):14.
Paper

Injecting drug use in prison: prevalence and implications for needle exchange policy
Wright NM, Tompkins CN, Farragher TM.
 Int J Prison Health. 2015;11(1):17-29.
Abstract

FULL-TEXT PDF ARTICLE
Rapid Decline in HCV Incidence among People Who Inject Drugs Associated with National Scale-Up in Coverage of a Combination of Harm Reduction Interventions.
Palmateer NE, Taylor A, Goldberg DJ,  et al
PLoS One. 2014 Aug 11;9(8):e104515
 Paper

Association between harm reduction intervention uptake and recent hepatitis C infection among people who inject drugs attending sites that provide sterile injecting equipment in Scotland.
Allen EJ, Palmateer NE, Hutchinson SJ,  et al
Int J Drug Policy. 2012 Aug 31
 Abstract

The impact of needle and syringe provision and opiate substitution therapy on the incidence of Hepatitis C
virus in injecting drug users: pooling of UK evidence.
Turner K, Hutchinson S, Vickerman P, et al
Addiction. 2011 May 25.
Abstract

 Optimal provision of needle and syringe programmes for injecting drug users:
A systematic review.
Jones L, Pickering L, Sumnall H,  et al
Int J Drug Policy. 2010 Feb 25.
 Abstract

 

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