Developing an advocacy agenda for increasing access to opioid substitution therapy as part of comprehensive services for people who use drugs in South Africa

dc.contributor.authorScheibe, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorMarks, Monique
dc.contributor.authorShelly, Shaun
dc.contributor.authorGerardy, Tara
dc.contributor.authorDomingo, A.K.
dc.contributor.authorHugo, Johannes F.M.
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-13T07:45:26Z
dc.date.available2018-11-13T07:45:26Z
dc.date.issued2018-10
dc.description.abstractOpioid use disorders, including heroin use disorders, account for 70% of the global burden of drug-related disease and disproportionately affect people who have unmet social, emotional, economic, health and other needs. Heroin is widely available in South Africa (SA) and there is an upward trend in numbers of people using heroin who access drug use treatment facilities registered with the South African Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use. In addition, there is increasing concern around the link between injecting heroin use, hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV and the impact this could have on SA communities and the healthcare system.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentFamily Medicineen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2018en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipFunders and partners of SA Drug Policy Week 2017: Open Society Foundations, TB HIV Care, Right to Care, Durban University of Technology, University of Pretoria, Bridging the Gaps and National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.samj.org.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationScheibe, A., Marks, M., Shelly, S. et al. 2018, 'Developing an advocacy agenda for increasing access to opioid substitution therapy as part of comprehensive services for people who use drugs in South Africa', South African Medical Journal, vol. 108, no. 10, pp. 800-802.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0256-9574 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2078-5135 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.7196/SAMJ.2018.v108i10.13397
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/67240
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherHealth and Medical Publishing Groupen_ZA
dc.rights© 2018, South African Medical Association. This open-access article is distributed under Creative Commons licence CC-BY-NC 4.0.en_ZA
dc.subjectHeroinen_ZA
dc.subjectDrug-related diseaseen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.subjectOpioid substitution therapyen_ZA
dc.subjectOpioid use disordersen_ZA
dc.subjectInjecting heroin useen_ZA
dc.subjectHepatitis C virus (HCV)en_ZA
dc.subjectHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV)en_ZA
dc.subject.otherHealth sciences articles SDG-03
dc.subject.otherSDG-03: Good health and well-being
dc.titleDeveloping an advocacy agenda for increasing access to opioid substitution therapy as part of comprehensive services for people who use drugs in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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