Understanding injecting drug use in Afghanistan: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several reports have described a growing prevalence of illicit drug use in Afghanistan, with recognition of a recent shift from traditional modes of consumption involving inhalation and oral ingestion to injecting drug use.

Objective

Conduct a comprehensive review of existing literature to map the injecting drug use situation in Afghanistan. The review intends to describe risk factors and impacts of injecting drug use, drug use characteristics and risk behaviours among people who inject drugs (PWID), and access to harm reduction and treatment.

Methods

We searched Embase, Global Health, Medline, PsycINFO, Web of Science, and grey literature to identify English language publications up to March 26^th, 2022. Studies were eligible for inclusion if the

SUBMITTER: Nafeh F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9484158 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature