2007
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(07)61911-4
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Responding to HIV in Afghanistan

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“…Also, stimulant drugs, such as amphetamine and cocaine, are slowly overtaking depressant drugs such as heroin. Opium production in Afghanistan increased 49% in 2006 and a further 34% in 2007 to reach 8300 metric tons, when it accounted for 93% of global production [6]. In Europe and the United States over the past few decades, the falling price of street heroin and cocaine and the increasing purity of these drugs suggest that drug supply has been increasing faster than drug law enforcement has been able to constrain availability.…”
Section: Trends In Global Drug Production and Consumptionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Also, stimulant drugs, such as amphetamine and cocaine, are slowly overtaking depressant drugs such as heroin. Opium production in Afghanistan increased 49% in 2006 and a further 34% in 2007 to reach 8300 metric tons, when it accounted for 93% of global production [6]. In Europe and the United States over the past few decades, the falling price of street heroin and cocaine and the increasing purity of these drugs suggest that drug supply has been increasing faster than drug law enforcement has been able to constrain availability.…”
Section: Trends In Global Drug Production and Consumptionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The difficult drug policy dilemmas faced by authorities are well illustrated in Afghanistan, one of the poorest countries in the world and a nation where conflicts have raged for more than a quarter century [6]. Afghanistan still has a low prevalence of HIV but injecting drug use is considered the greatest risk for HIV spread.…”
Section: Controlling Hiv Among Injecting Drug Users: Public Policymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In Afghanistan, security has progressively deteriorated since 2006, while injecting drug use has increased, particularly in Kabul (Rehman et al , 2007; Maguet & Majeed, 2010, UNODC, 2010; United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), 2011). Studies have detected measurable HIV prevalence, a concentrated hepatitis C epidemic, and high rates of syringe sharing among people who inject drugs (PWID) in Kabul (Todd et al, 2007; National AIDS Control Program (NACP), Ministry of Public Health, 2010; UNODC, 2010).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…7 This association is unlikely to explain the low MFR of cases observed in Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan, where HIV prevalence is currently very low. [8][9][10] Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan form a contiguous geographic land mass with many shared cultural practices that may be impacting the transmission and/or activation of latent TB.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%