Patient and provider perspectives on implementation barriers and facilitators of an integrated opioid treatment and HIV care intervention

Abstract Background In Dar es Salaam Tanzania, the first opioid treatment program (OTP) in Sub-Saharan Africa, had very high rates of enrollment of people who use drugs (PWUD) but low rates of antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation among HIV-positive patients. The integrated methadone and anti-retr...

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Main Authors: Alexis Cooke, Haneefa Saleem, Saria Hassan, Dorothy Mushi, Jessie Mbwambo, Barrot Lambdin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13722-019-0133-9