ReviewHarm reduction journal2020
Young people who inject drugs in Mozambique: should we emphasize them in the National Harm Reduction Plan?
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- Counting the vulnerable: estimating the population size and assessing the HIV care continuum among women who inject drugs in Southern Mozambique.Harm reduction journal · 2025Article
- Heightened vulnerability to HIV among key populations during the COVID-19 crisis: a formative assessment in Mozambique (2022).BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Patterns of self-reported alcohol and drug use among children and youth: Mozambique violence against children survey (VACS) 2019.BMC public health · 2025Article
- People Who Inject Drugs in Mozambique: We need to normalize HIV treatment and care services in specialized community centers for people who inject drugs!Harm reduction journal · 2024Article
- Recognizing the hidden: strengthening the HIV surveillance system among key and priority populations in Mozambique.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Young key populations left behind: The necessity for a targeted response in Mozambique.PloS one · 2021Article
- Prevalence and risk factors associated with HIV/hepatitis B and HIV/hepatitis C co-infections among people who inject drugs in Mozambique.BMC public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Mozambique has one of the highest burdens of HIV globally, and people who inject drugs (PWID) have one of the highest HIV infection rates in Africa. After the implementation of the first Biological Behavioral Surveillance (BBS) Survey among PWID in Mozambique, the Ministry of Health started the development of a National Harm Reduction Plan. Although the findings from the BBS survey highlighted the specific needs of young PWID, the proposed Harm Reduction Plan does not explicitly focus on reducing high-risk behaviors of young PWID. We outline the importance of the inclusion of age-specific interventions focused on the needs of young PWID in Mozambique, and how a comprehensive Harm Reduction Plan can reduce the HIV epidemic in this population. There is a unique opportunity to advocate for the Harm Reduction Plan to include "youth-friendly" cost-effective and evidence-based interventions that are targeted to this important sub-group within an already vulnerable population.
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