Socio-cognitive factors influencing access to HIV prevention services among people who inject drugs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: An integrated bio-behavioural survey.
Samuel Lazarus LikindikokiDan W MeyrowitschMucho M MizindukoAlexander M IshungisaBritt P TersbølGermana H LeynaKåre MoenNeema MakyaoTheis LangeMelkizedeck T LeshabariElia J MmbagaPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Access to condom, HIV testing, sterile needles and syringes were relatively high among PWID. However, condom use and access to peer educators was relatively low. HIV knowledge and risk perception, gender, education, and sexual violence influenced access to HIV prevention services. There is an urgent need to address the identified socio-cognitive factors and scale up all aspects of HIV prevention services to fast-track attainment of the 2025 UNAIDS goals and ending the HIV epidemic.