What question did this study set out to answer?

HIV Prevalence, Estimated Incidence, and Risk Behaviors Among People Who Inject Drugs in Kenya

View Full Paper

Ask AI

Bookmark

Authors

Randomized trial assesses HIV prevalence in people who inject drugs, highlighting significant risk behaviors.

This research aims to evaluate HIV prevalence, estimated incidence, and risk behaviors among people who inject drugs in Kenya.
Participants enrolled from 10 sites between May and December 2012 using respondent-driven sampling.
A total of 1785 individuals were assessed for HIV-1 prevalence and viral load determination.
Data on risk behaviors, including needle sharing practices, were collected through surveys.
HIV prevalence was 14.5% in Nairobi and 20.5% in the Coast region, with viral suppression at 4.2% and 4.6%, respectively.
Heroin was the most commonly injected drug, with 93% of participants using it in the past month.
Estimated incidence among new injectors was 2.5/100 person-years in Nairobi and 1.6/100 person-years in the Coast.

Kurth et al. (2015) studied this question.

View Full Paper

Ask AI

Bookmark