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HIV Treatment for Alcohol and Non-Injection Drug Users in El Salvador

Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

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Methods for Understanding and Addressing Stigma To Prevent Common Risk Factors for Disease (MtG)

Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

In this presentation, Dr. Valerie Earnshaw provides a cross-cutting conceptual overview of stigma, identifies targets for stigma measurement, recommends methodological approaches for stigma research, and reviews the intervention toolkit to address stigma.

A new challenge for the Mexican health system: hepatitis C in people who inject drugs

Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

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A new challenge for the Mexican health system hepatitis C in people who inject drugs.pdf

The Decade-Long Chinese Methadone Maintenance Therapy Yields Large Population and Economic Benefits for Drug Users in Reducing Harm, HIV and HCV Disease Burden

Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

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The Decade-Long Chinese Methadone Maintenance Therapy Yields Large Population and Economic Benefits for Drug Users in Reducing Harm, HIV and HCV Disease Burden.pdf

Syringe sharing among people who inject drugs in Tijuana: before and after the Global Fund

Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

Source: Bórquez, A., Abramovitz, D., Cepeda, J., Rangel, G., González-Zúñiga, P., Martin, N., Magis-Rodríguez, C., & Strathdee, S. (2019). Syringe sharing among people who inject drugs in Tijuana: before and after the Global Fund. Salud Mental, 42(4), 149-156.

Syringe sharing among people who inject drugs in Tijuana before and after the Global Fund.pdf

Smoking and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: A 25-Country Analysis of the Demographic Health Surveys

Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

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Smoking and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: A 25-Country Analysis of the Demographic…

Hiring, training, and supporting Peer Research Associates: Operationalizing community-based research principles within epidemiological studies by, with, and for women living with HIV

Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

Source: Kaida et al. Harm Reduction Journal (2019) 16:47 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-019-0309-3

Operationalizing community-based research principles within epidemiological studies by, with, and for women living with HIV.pdf

Drug Consumption Patterns, Sexual Behavior and HIV Risk Among Low-Income Drug Users in Guatemala City

Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

The authors concluded: "In sum, this drug user population in Guatemala City is at heightened risk of HIV, although some of the risk results from overlap with vulnerability experienced as members of groups at heightened risk, such as gay/bisexual men, transgender women, and sex workers.

Guatemala-Drug-Use-Quantiative-final_0.pdf

Alcohol use disorder and associated factors among individuals living with HIV in Hawassa City, Ethiopia: a facility based cross- sectional study

Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

Source: Duko et al. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy (2019) 14:22
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-019-0212-7

Alcohol use disorder and associated factors among individuals living with HIV in Hawassa City, Ethiopia.pdf

Influence of comorbid drug use disorder on receipt of evidence-based treatment for alcohol use disorder among VA patients with alcohol use disorder and Hepatitis C and/or HIV

Jose Luis Vazquez Martinez

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Among VA patients with alcohol use disorder (AUD) and HCV and/or HIV, about half had drug use disorder (DUD).
DUD was associated with increased receipt of specialty