@article{db840ec2253e4becbe9d9f35caa4d0e6,
title = "Effectiveness of needle/syringe programmes and opiate substitution therapy in preventing HCV transmission among people who inject drugs",
abstract = "This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows:1. To assess the impact of needle/syringe programmes with and without opiate substitution th erapy (OST) on the incidence ofHCV infection among people who inject drugs (PWID).2. To assess the effect of OST alone on the incidence of HCV infection among PWID.",
keywords = "opiate substitution therapy, HCV transmission",
author = "L. Platt and J. Reed and S. Minozzi and P. Vickerman and H. Hagan and C. French and A. Jordan and L. Degenhardt and V. Hope and S. Hutchinson and L. Maher and N. Palmateer and A. Taylor and M. Hickman",
note = "Publisher permits VoR Funding: European Commission Drug Prevention and Information Programme (DIPP) Grant “Treatment as Prevention in Europe:Model Projections of Impact And Strengthening Evidence Base On Intervention Coverage and Effect and HCV Morbidity”. [JUST/2013/DPIP/AG/4812], Other.• National Institutes of Health/ National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), USA.Holly Hagan, Ashl y Jordan and Jennifer Reed are supported by NIH-NIDA grant [1 R01 DA034637]• National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), UK.Clare French was funded by the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Evaluation of Interventions at University of Bristol (grantnumber: HPRU-2012-10026). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR, theDepartment of Health or Public Health England.• Lisa Maher is supported by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Senior Research Fellowship, Australia.",
year = "2016",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1002/14651858.CD012021",
language = "English",
volume = "2016",
journal = "Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews",
issn = "1469-493X",
publisher = "Cochrane Collaboration ",
number = "1",
}