Essays about: "Intravenous drug users IDU"

Found 2 essays containing the words Intravenous drug users IDU.

1. 1. The In-Visible : Life as an IDU with HIV in Romania

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Georgia Cristiana Zavatti; [2022]
   Keywords : IDU; homeless; HIV; post-socialist; structural violence; biopolitics; governmentality; homo sacer; other; stigma; risk; ID card; drugs; vulnerability; visibility; invisibility;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to present the situation of the intravenous drug-users (IDUs) living with HIV in Romania, with a focus on Bucharest. The study follows the IDUs experiences from the environment they live in, to the day-to-day examples of structural violence they face. READ MORE

3. 2. The effectiveness of the Stockholm needle exchange programme : Does the Stockholm needle exchange programme control HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C in intravenous drug users?

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

   Author : Melissa Masembe; [2019]
   Keywords : Needle exchange programme NEP ; Intravenous drug users IDU ; Human Immunodeficiency Virus HIV ; Hepatitis B HBV ; Hepatitis C HCV ; Infectious Disease Control;

   Abstract : BACKGROUND: The needle exchange programme (NEP) started in Sweden in 1986 in Lund and shortly after in Malmo. The first NEP in Stockholm opened in spring 2013. The NEP is a service aimed at intravenous drug users (IDU) from 18 years old, with a goal of preventing the blood borne diseases, such as HIV, Hepatitis B (HBV), and Hepatitis C (HCV). READ MORE