Title HIV/AIDS care and treatment for people who inject drugs in Asia and the Pacific : an essential practice guide

Published New Delhi : World Health Organization, Regional Office for South-East-Asia ; Manila : World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific ; Bangkok : United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Regional Centre for East Asia and the Pacific, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 52 pages) : illustrations Contents COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Principles; I. Background and general considerations; II. Organization and management considerations; III. Clinical management of HIV-infected people who inject drugs; References Summary This Guide is based on discussions with health care workers, researchers and program managers from South-East Asia and the Western Pacific Regions and the experiences from scaling-up ART and harm reduction services. The Guide is complementary to the global ART guidelines and considers the need of physicians, program planners, other health care workers, people living with HIV, and drug users to have one simplified user-friendly reference guide for the national adaptation on management of HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy for IDUs Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 42-52) Notes Print version record Subject HIV infections -- Treatment -- Asia HIV infections -- Treatment -- Islands of the Pacific AIDS (Disease) -- Treatment -- Asia AIDS (Disease) -- Treatment -- Islands of the Pacific Antiretroviral agents -- Therapeutic use -- Asia Antiretroviral agents -- Therapeutic use -- Islands of the Pacific Intravenous drug abuse -- Complications -- Asia Intravenous drug abuse -- Complications -- Islands of the Pacific HIV Infections -- drug therapy -- Asia HIV Infections -- drug therapy -- Pacific Islands Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- drug therapy -- Asia Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- drug therapy -- Pacific Islands Anti-HIV Agents -- therapeutic use -- Asia Substance Abuse, Intravenous -- complications -- Pacific Islands Substance Abuse, Intravenous -- therapy -- Asia Substance Abuse, Intravenous -- therapy -- Pacific Islands Anti-HIV Agents -- therapeutic use -- Pacific Islands Substance Abuse, Intravenous -- complications -- Asia HIV Infections -- drug therapy Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- drug therapy Anti-HIV Agents -- therapeutic use Substance Abuse, Intravenous -- complications Substance Abuse, Intravenous -- therapy MEDICAL -- AIDS & HIV. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- AIDS & HIV. AIDS (Disease) -- Treatment HIV infections -- Treatment Intravenous drug abuse -- Complications Asia Pacific Islands Asia Pacific Ocean -- Islands of the Pacific Form Electronic book Author World Health Organization. Regional Office for South-East Asia. World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Western Pacific. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Regional Office for East Asia and the Pacific. ISBN 9789290614388 9290614382 9789290613206 9290613203

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