Injection drug use practices and HIV infection among people who inject drugs in Kigali, Rwanda: a cross-sectional study

In Rwanda, epidemiological data characterizing people who inject drugs (PWID) and their burden of HIV are limited. We examined injection drug use (IDU) history and practices, and HIV infection in a sample of PWID in Kigali. From October 2019 to February 2020, 307 PWID aged ≥ 18 were enrolled in a cr...

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Published in:Harm reduction journal 2021-12, Vol.18 (1), p.130-130, Article 130
Main Authors: Twahirwa Rwema, Jean Olivier, Nizeyimana, Vianney, Prata, Neia M, Okonkwo, Nneoma E, Mazzei, Amelia A, Muhirwa, Sulemani, Rukundo, Athanase, Lucas, Lisa, Niyigena, Audace, Makuza, Jean Damascene, Beyrer, Chris, Baral, Stefan D, Kagaba, Aflodis
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age
Bisexuality
Cocaine
Criminalization
Cross-Sectional Studies
Data collection
Disease transmission
Drug abuse
Drug use
Drug Users
Drugs
Epidemiology
Female
Harm reduction
Hepatitis
Hepatitis C
Heroin
HIV
HIV Infections - epidemiology
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human rights
Humans
Infections
Informed consent
Injection
Injection drug use
Kigali
Male
Males
Methamphetamine
Naloxone
Needle Sharing
Needles
Overdose
People who inject drugs
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Risk reduction
Robustness (mathematics)
Rwanda
Rwanda - epidemiology
Sex
Sexual orientation
Sexually transmitted diseases
Sociodemographics
STD
Substance abuse treatment
Substance Abuse, Intravenous - epidemiology
Substance use
Variables
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Summary:In Rwanda, epidemiological data characterizing people who inject drugs (PWID) and their burden of HIV are limited. We examined injection drug use (IDU) history and practices, and HIV infection in a sample of PWID in Kigali. From October 2019 to February 2020, 307 PWID aged ≥ 18 were enrolled in a cross-sectional study using convenience sampling in Kigali. Participants completed interviewer-administered questionnaires on IDU history and practices and HIV testing. We used Poisson regression with robust variance estimation to assess IDU practices associated with HIV infection and assessed factors associated with needle sharing in the six months preceding the study. The median age was 28 years (IQR 24-31); 81% (251) were males. Female PWID were more likely to report recent IDU initiation, selling sex for drugs, and to have been injected by a sex partner (p 
ISSN:1477-7517
1477-7517
DOI:10.1186/s12954-021-00579-0