Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: The rise of injecting drug use in east Africa: a case study from Kenya | Harm Reduction Journal BioMed Central Commentary Open Access The rise of injecting drug use in east Africa a case study from Kenya Susan Beckerleg 1 Maggie Telfer2 and Gillian Lewando Hundt3 Address 1Public and Environmental Health Research Unit London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine London UK 2Bristol Drugs Project 11 Brunswick Square Bristol UK and 3Social Sciences in Health University of Warwick UK Email Susan Beckerleg - Maggie Telfer - Gillian Lewando Hundt - Corresponding author Published 25 August 2005 Received II July 2004 Accepted 25 August 2005 Harm Reduction Journal 2005 2 12 doi 1477-7517-2-12 This article is available from http content 2 1 12 2005 Beckerleg et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Studies on injecting drug use in East Africa are reviewed. The existingstudies document the spread of heroin injection in Kenya and Tanzania both countries where HIV rates are high. No data from Uganda on injecting drug use was found by the authors. A case study of the growth of heroin injection in a Kenyan coastal town is presented. The need for needle-exchange programmes and other prevention services is discussed. Background Although bearing the brunt of the AIDS epidemic Africa has long been considered largely free of injection drug use. Notwithstanding the assessments of the UN International Drug Control Programme 1 1 international organisations have been slow to recognise either the spread of heroin use in Kenya or the existence of injection drug use. The largely unheeded spread of injection drug use in East Africa has wide implications for public health in the region. .