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Injection drug use practices and HIV infection among people who inject drugs in Kigali, Rwanda: a cross-sectional study Twahirwa Rwema, Jean O.; Nizeyimana, Vianney; Prata, Neia M.; Okonkwo, Nneoma E.; Mazzei, Amelia A.; Muhirwa, Sulemani; Rukundo, Athanase; Lucas, Lisa; Niyigena, Audace; Makuza, Jean Damascene; Beyrer, Chris; Baral, Stefan D.; Kagaba, Aflodis

Abstract

Background In Rwanda, epidemiological data characterizing people who inject drugs (PWID) and their burden of HIV are limited. We examined injection drug use (IDU) history and practices, and HIV infection in a sample of PWID in Kigali. Methods From October 2019 to February 2020, 307 PWID aged ≥ 18 were enrolled in a cross-sectional study using convenience sampling in Kigali. Participants completed interviewer-administered questionnaires on IDU history and practices and HIV testing. We used Poisson regression with robust variance estimation to assess IDU practices associated with HIV infection and assessed factors associated with needle sharing in the six months preceding the study. Results The median age was 28 years (IQR 24–31); 81% (251) were males. Female PWID were more likely to report recent IDU initiation, selling sex for drugs, and to have been injected by a sex partner (p 

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Injection drug use practices and HIV infection among people who inject drugs in Kigali, Rwanda: a cross-sectional study
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Twahirwa Rwema, Jean O.; Nizeyimana, Vianney; Prata, Neia M.; Okonkwo, Nneoma E.; Mazzei, Amelia A.; Muhirwa, Sulemani; Rukundo, Athanase; Lucas, Lisa; Niyigena, Audace; Makuza, Jean Damascene; Beyrer, Chris; Baral, Stefan D.; Kagaba, Aflodis
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BC Centre for Disease Control
Publisher
BioMed Central
Date Issued
2021-12-15
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Background In Rwanda, epidemiological data characterizing people who inject drugs (PWID) and their burden of HIV are limited. We examined injection drug use (IDU) history and practices, and HIV infection in a sample of PWID in Kigali. Methods From October 2019 to February 2020, 307 PWID aged ≥ 18 were enrolled in a cross-sectional study using convenience sampling in Kigali. Participants completed interviewer-administered questionnaires on IDU history and practices and HIV testing. We used Poisson regression with robust variance estimation to assess IDU practices associated with HIV infection and assessed factors associated with needle sharing in the six months preceding the study. Results The median age was 28 years (IQR 24–31); 81% (251) were males. Female PWID were more likely to report recent IDU initiation, selling sex for drugs, and to have been injected by a sex partner (p 
Subject
People who inject drugs; HIV; Injection drug use; Kigali; Rwanda
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2022-01-12
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
DOI
10.14288/1.0406258
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/80640
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Non UBC; Population and Public Health (SPPH), School of
Citation
Harm Reduction Journal. 2021 Dec 15;18(1):130
Publisher DOI
10.1186/s12954-021-00579-0
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher; Other
Copyright Holder
The Author(s)
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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