International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 255-258 , May 2010

Expanding the reach of harm reduction in Thailand: Experiences with a drug user-run drop-in centre

  • Thomas Kerr

      Affiliations

    • British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, 608 - 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver BC, V6Z 1Y6 Canada
    • Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 604 806 9116; fax: +1 604 806 9044.
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  • Kanna Hayashi

      Affiliations

    • British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, 608 - 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver BC, V6Z 1Y6 Canada
  • ,
  • Nadia Fairbairn

      Affiliations

    • British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, 608 - 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver BC, V6Z 1Y6 Canada
  • ,
  • Karyn Kaplan

      Affiliations

    • Thai AIDS Treatment Action Group, Thailand
  • ,
  • Paisan Suwannawong

      Affiliations

    • Thai AIDS Treatment Action Group, Thailand
  • ,
  • Ruth Zhang

      Affiliations

    • British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, 608 - 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver BC, V6Z 1Y6 Canada
  • ,
  • Evan Wood

      Affiliations

    • British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, 608 - 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver BC, V6Z 1Y6 Canada
    • Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Received 29 April 2009 ,Revised 8 July 2009 ,Accepted 7 August 2009.

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PII: S0955-3959(09)00114-5

doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2009.08.002

International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 255-258 , May 2010