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

National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia

Received 29 May 2009; received in revised form 30 October 2009; accepted 24 November 2009. published online 01 February 2010.

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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

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