International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 21, Issue 5 , Pages 347-358 , September 2010

Meth/amphetamine use and associated HIV: Implications for global policy and public health

  • Louisa Degenhardt

      Affiliations

    • Secretariat of the Reference Group to the United Nations on HIV and injecting drug use; Professor of Epidemiology; and Assistant Director.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 2 9385 0230; fax: +61 2 9385 0222.
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  • Bradley Mathers

      Affiliations

    • Secretariat of the Reference Group to the United Nations on HIV and injecting drug use.
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  • Mauro Guarinieri

      Affiliations

    • Civil Society Officer, Asia Unit, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
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  • Samiran Panda

      Affiliations

    • Deputy Director, Epidemiology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (Indian Council of Medical Research) and Society for Positive Atmosphere and Related Support to HIV/AIDS (SPARSHA), India.
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  • Benjamin Phillips

      Affiliations

    • Researcher Officer, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia.
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  • Steffanie A. Strathdee

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Harold Simon Chair Chief, Division of International Health and Cross-Cultural Medicine, University of California San Diego, United States.
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  • Mark Tyndall

      Affiliations

    • Program Director, Epidemiology, British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Canada.
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  • Lucas Wiessing

      Affiliations

    • Principal Scientist Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, Crime and markets unit, European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, Portugal.
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  • Alex Wodak

      Affiliations

    • Director, Alcohol and Drug Service, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
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  • John Howard

      Affiliations

    • Senior Lecturer, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia.
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  • the Reference Group to the United Nations on HIV and injecting drug use

Received 29 May 2009 ,Revised 30 October 2009 ,Accepted 24 November 2009.

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PII: S0955-3959(09)00159-5

doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2009.11.007

International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 21, Issue 5 , Pages 347-358 , September 2010