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Injecting drug use, incarceration, infection: investigating opportunities for public health interventions in disadvantaged populations [ 2013 - 2016 ]

Research Grant

[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1054244]

Researchers: Dr Bradley Mathers (Principal investigator)

Brief description New knowledge required to address infectious diseases and mental illness among two disadvantaged and overlapping groups -people who inject drugs (PWID) and prisoners – will be produced: Cross sectional and longitudinal studies will examine HIV risk in specific populations; A system to track the emergence of injecting will be developed; The global scale of mental illness and TB among PWID will be determined; and how to improve coverage and delivery of TB prevention and treatment will be explored.

Funding Amount $AUD 341,860.82

Funding Scheme Early Career Fellowships

Notes Public Health (Australia) ECF

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