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Tonin, Fernanda S and Alves da Costa, Filipa and Fernandez-Llimos, Fernando (2024) Impact of harm minimization interventions on reducing blood-borne infection transmission and some injecting behaviors among people who inject drugs: an overview and evidence gap mapping. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice , 19 .

Attwood, Lucy O and O'Keefe, Daniel and Higgs, Peter and Vujovic, Olga and Doyle, Joseph S and Stewardson, Andrew J (2024) Epidemiology of acute infections in people who inject drugs in Australia. Drug and Alcohol Review , 43 , (1) , pp. 304-314.

Millar, Sean (2023) DOVE Service, Rotunda Hospital annual report, 2021. Drugnet Ireland , Issue 85, Spring 2023 , pp. 39-40.

Gagnon, Marilou and Rudzinski, Katherine and Guta, Adrian and Schmidt, Rose A and Kryszajtys, David T and Kolla, Gillian and Strike, Carol (2023) Impact of safer supply programs on injection practices: client and provider experiences in Ontario, Canada. Harm Reduction Journal , 20 .

Brothers, Thomas D and Bonn, Matthew and Lewer, Dan and Comeau, Emilie and Kim, Inhwa and Webster, Duncan and Hayward, Andrew and Harris, Magdalena (2023) Social and structural determinants of injection drug use-associated bacterial and fungal infections: a qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis. Addiction , 118 , (10) , pp. 1853-1877.

Harmanci, Damla and Edelman, Natalie and Richardson, Daniel and Lunt, Alexandria and Llewellyn, Carrie (2023) How are young people's mental health related to their sexual health and substance use? A systematic review of UK literature. International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health , 35 , (2) , pp. 131-158.

Richards, Jessica and Kuhn, Randall (2023) Unsheltered homelessness and health: a literature review. AJPM focus , 2 , (1) .

Robinson, Emma and Byrne, Christopher J and Carberry, James and Radley, Andrew and Beer, Lewis J and Inglis, Sarah K and Tait, Jan and Macpherson, Iain and Goldberg, David and Hutchinson, Sharon J and Hickman, Matthew and Dillon, John F (2023) Laying the foundations for hepatitis C elimination: evaluating the development and contribution of community care pathways to diagnostic efforts. BMC Public Health , 23 .

Serota, David P and Rosenbloom, Liza and Hervera, Belén and Seo, Grace and Feaster, Daniel J and Metsch, Lisa R and Suarez, Edward and Chueng, Teresa A and Hernandez, Salma and Rodriguez, Allan E and Tookes, Hansel E and Doblecki-Lewis, Susanne and Bartholomew, Tyler S (2023) Integrated infectious disease and substance use disorder care for the treatment of injection drug use-associated infections: a prospective cohort study with historical control. Open Forum Infectious Diseases , 10 , (1) .

Wedemeyer, Heiner and Tergast, Tammo L and Lazarus, Jeffrey V and Razavi, Homie and Bakoyannis, Kostas and Baptista-Leite, Ricardo and Bartoli, Marco and Bruggmann, Philip and Buşoi, Cristian-Silviu and Buti, Maria and Carballo, Manuel and Castera, Laurent and Colombo, Massimo and Coutinho, Rodrigo Sousa and Dadon, Yuval and Esmat, Gamal and Esteban, Rafael and Colom Farran, Joan and Gillyon-Powell, Mark and Goldberg, David and Hutchinson, Sharon and Janssen, Harry L A and Kalamitsis, George and Kondili, Loreta A and Lambert, John S and Marinho, Rui Tato and Maticic, Mojca and Patricello, Aldo and Peck-Radosavljevic, Markus and Pol, Stanislas and Poljak, Mario and Pop, Cora and Sokol, Tomislov and Sypsa, Vana and Tözün, Nurdan and Younossi, Zobair and Aghemo, Alessio and Papatheodoridis, George V and Hatzakis, Angelos (2023) Securing wider EU commitment to the elimination of HCV. Liver International , 43 , (2) , pp. 276-291.

Wiessing, Lucas and Sypsa, V and Abagiu, A O and Arble, A and Berndt, N and Bosch, A and Buskin, S and Chemtob, D and Combs, B and Conyngham, C and Feelemyer, J and Fitzgerald, M and Goldberg, D and Hatzakis, A and Patrascu, R E and Keenan, E and Khan, I and Konrad, S and Leahy, J and McAuley, A and Menza, T and Merrick, S and Metcalfe, R and Rademaker, T and Revivo, S and Rosca, P and Seguin-Devaux, C and Skinner, S and Smith, C and Tinsley, J and Wilberg, M and Des Jarlais, D (2023) Impact of COVID-19 & response measures on HIV-HCV prevention services and social determinants in people who inject drugs in 13 sites with recent HIV outbreaks in Europe, North America and Israel. AIDS and Behavior , 27 , (4) , pp. 1140-1153.

Degenhardt, Louisa and Webb, Paige and Colledge-Frisby, Samantha and Ireland, Jeremy and Wheeler, Alice and Ottaviano, Sophie and Kairouz, Abe and Cunningham, Evan B and Hajarizadeh, Behzad and Leung, Janni and Tran, Lucy T and Price, Olivia and Peacock, Amy and Vickerman, Peter and Farrell, Michael and Dore, Gregory J and Hickman, Matthew and Grebely, Jason (2023) Epidemiology of injecting drug use, prevalence of injecting-related harm, and exposure to behavioural and environmental risks among people who inject drugs: a systematic review. The Lancet Global Health , 11 , (5) .

Buchman, Daniel Z and Lo, Samantha and Ding, Philip and Dosani, Naheed and Fazelzad, Rouhi and Furlan, Andrea D and Isenberg, Sarina R and Spithoff, Sheryl and Tedesco, Alissa and Zimmerman, Camilla and Lau, Jenny (2022) Palliative care for people who use drugs during communicable disease epidemics and pandemics: a scoping review on access, policies, and programs and guidelines. Palliative Medicine .

Behnoush, Amir Hossein and Bazmi, Elham and Forouzesh, Mehdi and Behnoush, Behnam (2022) Risk of COVID-19 infection and the associated hospitalization, ICU admission and mortality in opioid use disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Addiction Science & Clinical Practice , 17 .

Fitzpatrick, Thomas and McMahan, Vanessa M and Frank, Noah D and Glick, Sara N and Violette, Lauren R and Davis, Shantel and Jama, Shilo (2022) Heroin pipe distribution to reduce high-risk drug consumption behaviors among people who use heroin: a pilot quasi-experimental study. Harm Reduction Journal , 19 , (1) , p. 103.

Baddour, Larry M and Weimer, Melissa B and Wurcel, Alysse G and McElhinney, Doff B and Marks, Laura R and Fanucchi, Laura C and Esquer Garrigos, Zerelda and Pettersson, Gosta B and DeSimone, Daniel C (2022) Management of infective endocarditis in people who inject drugs: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation .

Streed, Carl G and Morgan, Jake R and Gai, Mam Jarra and Larochelle, Marc R and Paasche-Orlow, Michael K and Taylor, Jessica L (2022) Prevalence of HIV preexposure prophylaxis prescribing among persons with commercial insurance and likely injection drug use. JAMA Network Open , 5 , (7) .

Brothers, Thomas D and Lewer, Dan and Jones, Nicola and Colledge-Frisby, Samantha and Farrell, Michael and Hickman, Matthew and Webster, Duncan and Hayward, Andrew and Degenhardt, Louisa (2022) Opioid agonist treatment and risk of death or rehospitalization following injection drug use-associated bacterial and fungal infections: a cohort study in New South Wales, Australia. PLoS Medicine , 19 , (7) .

Yucel, Evin and Bearnot, Benjamin and Paras, Molly L and Zern, Emily K and Dudzinski, David M and Soong, Chen-Pang and Jassar, Arminder S and Rosenfield, Kenneth and Lira, Jaclynne and Lambert, Eugene and Wakeman, Sarah E and Sundt, Thoralf (2022) Diagnosis and management of infective endocarditis in people who inject drugs: JACC state-of-the-art review. Journal of the American College of Cardiology , 79 , (20) , pp. 2037-2057.

Hrycko, Alexander and Mateu-Gelabert, Pedro and Ciervo, Courtney and Linn-Walton, Rebecca and Eckhardt, Benjamin (2022) Severe bacterial infections in people who inject drugs: the role of injection-related tissue damage. Harm Reduction Journal , 19 .

Coyer, Liza and Boyd, Anders and Davidovich, Udi and van Bilsen, Ward P H and Prins, Maria and Matser, Amy (2022) Increase in recreational drug use between 2008 and 2018: results from a prospective cohort study among HIV-negative men who have sex with men. Addiction , 117 , (3) , pp. 656-665.

Trickey, Adam and Croxford, Sara and Emanuel, Eva and Ijaz, Samreen and Hickman, Matthew and Kesten, Joanna and Thomas, Clare and Edmundson, Claire and Desai, Monica and Vickerman, Peter (2022) The effectiveness of low dead space syringes for reducing the risk of hepatitis C virus acquisition among people who inject drugs - findings from a national survey in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Clinical Infectious Diseases , 75 , (6) , pp. 1073-1077.

Rubin, Rita and Suran, Melissa (2022) Supervised consumption sites-a tool for reducing risk of overdose deaths and infectious diseases in people who use illicit drugs. JAMA , 327 , (16) , pp. 1532-1534.

Palmateer, Norah E and Hamill, V and Bergenstrom, A and Bloomfield, H and Gordon, L and Stone, Jack and Fraser, Hannah and Seyler, Thomas and Duan, Y and Tran, R and Trayner, K and Biggam, C and Smith, Shanley and Vickerman, Peter and Hickman, Matt and Hutchinson, Sharon (2022) Interventions to prevent HIV and Hepatitis C among people who inject drugs: latest evidence of effectiveness from a systematic review (2011 to 2020). International Journal of Drug Policy , 109 .

Tookes, Hansel E and Bartholomew, Tyler S and Suarez, Edward and Ekowo, Elisha and Ginoza, Margaret and Forrest, David W and Serota, David P and Rodriguez, Allan and Kolber, Michael A and Feaster, Daniel J and Mooss, Angela and Boyd, Derek and Sternberg, Candice and Metsch, Lisa R (2021) Acceptability, feasibility, and pilot results of the tele-harm reduction intervention for rapid initiation of antiretrovirals among people who inject drugs. Drug and Alcohol Dependence , 229 , (Pt A) , p. 109124.

Ikeda, Daniel J and Kidia, Khameer and Agins, Bruce D and Haberer, Jessica E and Tsai, Alexander C (2021) Roll-out of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis: a gateway to mental health promotion. BMJ Global Health , 6 , e007212.

Bulstra, Caroline A and Hontelez, Jan A C and Otto, Moritz and Stepanova, Anna and Lamontagne, Erik and Yakusik, Anna and El-Sadr, Wafaa M and Apollo, Tsitsi and Rabkin, Miriam and Atun, Rifat and Bärnighausen, Till (2021) Integrating HIV services and other health services: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Medicine , 18 , (11) , e1003836.

Raben, Dorthe and Casabona, Jordi and Cosmaro, Lella and Gasbarrini, Nadia and Lambert, John S and Glapsy, Shannon and Kakalou, Christine and Maffeo, Manuel and Mommi, Michele and Corradini, Gianmarco and Klavs, Irena and Kurbatova, Aljona and Wawer, Iwona and Wysocki, Piotr and Raahauge, Anne and Jakobsen, Stine Finne and Lazarus, Jeffrey V and Sullivan, Ann and Kall, Meaghan and Hedrich, Dagmar and Johnson, Cheryl Case and Seguy, Nicole Simone and Simões, Daniel and Delpech, Valerie (2021) Lessons learned from the first European project on the integration of infectious diseases in testing services, data collection and country responses. BMC Infectious Diseases , 21 , (Suppl 2) , p. 690.

Busschots, Dana and Bielen, Rob and Koc, Özgür M and Heyens, Leen and Dercon, Eefje and Verrando, Rita and Janssens, Filip and Van den Bergh, Luc and Van Lint, Peter and Bruckers, Liesbeth and Nevens, Frederik and Robaeys, Geert (2021) On-site testing and case management to improve hepatitis C care in drug users: a prospective, longitudinal, multicenter study in the DAA era. BMC Public Health , 21 , p. 1574.

Pisano, María B and Giadans, Cecilia G and Flichman, Diego M and Ré, Viviana E and Preciado, María V and Valva, Pamela (2021) Viral hepatitis update: progress and perspectives. World Journal of Gastroenterology , 27 , (26) , pp. 4018-4044.

Tran, Vincent and Reid, Sharon E and Roxburgh, Amanda and Day, Carolyn A (2021) Assessing drug consumption rooms and longer term (5 year) impacts on community and clients. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy , 14 , pp. 4639-4647.

Croxford, S and Emanuel, E and Ibitoye, A and Njoroge, J and Edmundson, C and Bardsley, M and Heinsbroek, E and Hope, V and Phipps, E (2021) Preliminary indications of the burden of COVID-19 among people who inject drugs in England and Northern Ireland and the impact on access to health and harm reduction services. Public Health , 192 , pp. 8-11.

Ferraro, Claire F and Stewart, Daniel E and Grebely, Jason and Tran, Lucy T and Zhou, Shally and Puca, Carla and Hajarizadeh, Behzad and Larney, Sarah and Santo, Thomas and Higgins, Julian P T and Vickerman, Peter and Degenhardt, Louisa and Hickman, Matthew and French, Clare E (2021) Association between opioid agonist therapy use and HIV testing uptake among people who have recently injected drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Addiction , 116 , (7) , pp. 1664-1676.

Arum, Chiedozie and Fraser, Hannah and Artenie, Andreea Adelina and Bivegete, Sandra and Trickey, Adam and Alary, Michel and Astemborski, Jacquie and Iversen, Jennifer and Lim, Aaron G and MacGregor, Louis and Morris, Meghan and Ong, Jason J and Platt, Lucy and Sack-Davis, Rachel and van Santen, Daniela K and Solomon, Sunil S and Sypsa, Vana and Valencia, Jorge and Van Den Boom, Wijnand and Walker, Josephine G and Ward, Zoe and Stone, Jack and Vickerman, Peter (2021) Homelessness, unstable housing, and risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus acquisition among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Public Health , 6 , (5) , E309-E323.

Palmateer, Norah E and McAuley, Andrew and Dillon, John F and McDonald, Scott and Yeung, Alan and Smith, Shanley and Barclay, Stephen and Hayes, Peter and Shepherd, Samantha J and Gunson, Rory N and Goldberg, David J and Hickman, Matthew and Hutchinson, Sharon J (2021) Reduction in the population prevalence of hepatitis C virus viraemia among people who inject drugs associated with scale-up of direct-acting anti-viral therapy in community drug services: real-world data. Addiction , 116 , (10) , pp. 2893-2907.

Gilhooley, Eimear and Daly, Selene and McKenna, Dermot (2021) Melanotan II user experience: a qualitative study of online discussion forums. Dermatology , 237 , (6) , pp. 995-999.

O'Sullivan, G and Gallagher, J (2020) Have legislative interventions impacted the incidence of needlestick injuries? Irish Medical Journal , 112 , (10) , p. 1023.

Millar, Sean (2020) Hepatitis C virus infection in Irish drug users and prisoners – a scoping review. Drugnet Ireland , Issue 75, Autumn 2020 , p. 18.

Beaudry, Gabrielle and Zhong, Shaoling and Whiting, Daniel and Javid, Babak and Frater, John and Fazel, Seena (2020) Managing outbreaks of highly contagious diseases in prisons: a systematic review. BMJ Global Health , 5 , (11) .

Harris, Magdalena (2020) Normalised pain and severe health care delay among people who inject drugs in London: adapting cultural safety principles to promote care. Social Science & Medicine , 260 .

Thiemt, Britta (2020) Hepatitis C screening and care for opioid substitution patients in Ireland. Drugnet Ireland , Issue 74, Summer 2020 , pp. 24-26.

Bornstein, K J and Coye, A E and St Onge, J E and Li, H and Muller, A and Bartholomew, T S and Tookes, H E (2020) Hospital admissions among people who inject opioids following syringe services program implementation. Harm Reduction Journal , 17 , (30) , p. 30.

Kinner, Stuart A and Young, Jesse T and Snow, Kathryn and Southalan, Louise and Lopez-Acuña, Daniel and Ferreira-Borges, Carina and O'Moore, Éamonn (2020) Prisons and custodial settings are part of a comprehensive response to COVID-19. The Lancet Public Health , 5 , (4) .

Tsai, Jack and Wilson, Michal (2020) COVID-19: a potential public health problem for homeless populations. The Lancet Public Health , 5 , (4) .

Hamilton, Ian (2020) Covid-19—are we rationing who we care about? thebmjopinion .

Wang, Yixuan and Wang, Yuyi and Chen, Yan and Qin, Qingsong (2020) Unique epidemiological and clinical features of the emerging 2019 novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) implicate special control measures. Journal of Medical Virology .

Crowley, Des (2020) Hepatitis C and the role of general practice. Forum , 37 , (2) , pp. 37-38.

Michie, Susan and West, Robert and Amlôt, Richard and Rubin, James (2020) Slowing down the covid-19 outbreak: changing behaviour by understanding it. thebmjopinion .

Grant, Conor and Bergin, Colm and O'Connell, Sarah and Cotter, John and Ní Cheallaigh, Clíona (2020) High-cost, high-need users of acute unscheduled HIV care: a cross-sectional study. Open Forum Infectious Diseases , 7 , (2) , ofaa037.

Millar, Sean (2019) Hepatitis C virus screening and treatment in Irish prisons from a governor and prison officer perspective. Drugnet Ireland , Issue 71, Autumn 2019 , pp. 20-21.

Bobashev, Georgiy and Mars, Sarah and Murphy, Nicholas and Dreisbach, Clinton and Zule, William and Ciccarone, Daniel (2019) Heroin type, injecting behavior, and HIV transmission. a simulation model of HIV incidence and prevalence. PLoS ONE , 14 , (12) , e0215042.

Sadlier, Corinna and O'Rourke, A and Carr, A and Bergin, C (2019) An integrated vaccine clinic; a novel model of care to improve vaccine uptake in at-risk patient groups. Irish Medical Journal , 112 , (9) , p. 1010.

O'Keefe, Daniel and Bluthenthal, Ricky N and Kral, Alex H and Aitken, Campbell K and McCormack, Angus and Dietze, Paul M (2019) Measures of harm reduction service provision for people who inject drugs. Bulletin of the World Health Organization , 97 , (9) , pp. 605-611.

Dillon, Lucy (2019) UNAIDS report on health, rights and drugs. Drugnet Ireland , Issue 70, Summer 2019 , pp. 7-8.

Van Hout, Marie Claire and Crowley, Des and O'Dea, Siobhan and Clarke, Susan (2019) Chasing the rainbow: pleasure, sex-based sociality and consumerism in navigating and exiting the Irish Chemsex scene. Culture, Health & Sexuality , 21 , (9) , pp. 1074-1086.

Millar, Sean (2019) Global, regional and country level estimates of HCV infection among recent injecting drug users. Drugnet Ireland , Issue 69, Spring 2019 , pp. 13-14.

Millar, Sean (2019) Barriers and enablers to HCV screening and treatment in Irish prisons. Drugnet Ireland , Issue 69, Spring 2019 , pp. 23-24.

Maticic, Mojca and Videcnik Zorman, Jerneja and Gregorcic, Sergeja and Schatz, Eberhard and Lazarus, Jeffrey V (2019) Changes to the national strategies, plans and guidelines for the treatment of hepatitis C in people who inject drugs between 2013 and 2016: a cross-sectional survey of 34 European countries. Harm Reduction Journal , 16 , (32) .

Allen, Sean T and Grieb, Suzanne M and O’Rourke, Allison and Yoder, Ryan and Planchet, Elise and Hamilton White, Rebecca and Sherman, Susan (2019) Understanding the public health consequences of suspending a rural syringe services program: a qualitative study of the experiences of people who inject drugs. Harm Reduction Journal , 16 , (33) .

De Francesco, D and Underwood, J and Bagkeris, E and Boffito, M and Post, F A and Mallon, Pwg and Vera, J H and Williams, I and Anderson, J and Johnson, M and Sabin, C A and Winston, A (2019) Depression, lifestyle factors and cognitive function in people living with HIV and comparable HIV-negative controls. HIV Medicine , 20 , (4) , pp. 274-285.

Njoroge, J and Hope, VD and O'Halloran, C and Edmundson, C and Glass, R and Parry, JV and Ncube, F (2019) Are there missed opportunities for vaccinating against hepatitis B among people who inject drugs in the UK? Epidemiology and Infection , 147 , (e244) , e244.

Medina-Perucha, L and Family, H and Scott, J and Chapman, S and Dack, C (2019) Factors associated with sexual risks and risk of STIs, HIV and other blood-borne viruses among women using heroin and other drugs: a systematic literature review. AIDS and Behavior , 23 , (1) , pp. 222-251.

Bozinoff, Nikki and Luo, Lerly and Dong, Huiru and Krüsi, Andrea and DeBeck, Kora (2019) Street-involved youth engaged in sex work at increased risk of syringe sharing. AIDS Care , 31 , (1) , pp. 69-76.

Granados-García, Víctor and Flores, Yvonne N and Díaz-Trejo, Lizbeth I and Méndez-Sánchez, Lucia and Liu, Stephanie and Salinas-Escudero, Guillermo and Toledano-Toledano, Filiberto and Salmerón, Jorge (2019) Estimating the prevalence of hepatitis C among intravenous drug users in upper middle income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE , 14 , (2) , e0212558.

Baskaran, Vadsala and Murray, Rachael L and Hunter, Abby and Lim, Wei Shen and McKeever, Tricia M (2019) Effect of tobacco smoking on the risk of developing community acquired pneumonia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE , 14 , (7) , e0220204.

O'Donnell, Kate and Igoe, Derval (2018) Update on the epidemiology of HIV in Ireland and the EU/EEA . Epi-Insight , 19 , (12) .

Stone, Jack and Fraser, Hannah and Lim, Aaron G and Walker, Josephine G and Ward, Zoe and MacGregor, Louis and Trickey, Adam and Abbott, Sam and Strathdee, Steffanie A and Abramovitz, Daniela and Maher, Lisa and Iversen, Jenny and Bruneau, Julie and Zang, Geng and Garfein, Richard S and Yen, Yung-Fen and Azim, Tasnim and Mehta, Shruti H and Milloy, Michael-John and Hellard, Margaret E and Sacks-Davis, Rachel and Dietze, Paul M and Aitken, Campbell and Aladashvili, Malvina and Tsertsvadze, Tengiz and Mravčík, Viktor and Alary, Michel and Roy, Elise and Smyrnov, Pavlo and Sazonova, Yana and Young, April M and Havens, Jennifer R and Hope, Vivian D and Desai, Monica and Heinsbroek, Ellen and Hutchinson, Sharon J and Palmateer, Norah E and McAuley, Andrew and Platt, Lucy and Martin, Natasha K and Altice, Frederick L and Hickman, Matthew and Vickerman, Peter (2018) Incarceration history and risk of HIV and hepatitis C virus acquisition among people who inject drugs: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Infectious Diseases , 18 , (12) , pp. 1397-1409.

Galvin, Brian (2018) New report on drug-related bloodborne viruses in Ireland. Drugnet Ireland , Issue 67, Autumn 2018 , 16 p..

Millar, Sean (2018) Integrated hepatitis C care for people who inject drugs. Drugnet Ireland , Issue 67, Autumn 2018 , pp. 16-17.

Millar, Sean (2018) DOVE Clinic, Rotunda Hospital annual report, 2016. Drugnet Ireland , Issue 66, Summer 2018 , p. 17.

Morrison, Steven A and Yoong, Deborah and Hart, Trevor A and MacPherson, Paul and Bogoch, Isaac and Sivarajah, Vishalini and Gough, Kevin and Naccarato, Mark and Tan, Darrell H S (2018) High prevalence of syndemic health problems in patients seeking post-exposure prophylaxis for sexual exposures to HIV. PLoS ONE , 13 , (5) , e0197998.

Burch, Jane and Tort, Sera (2018) Clinical question: What are the effects of opioid substitution therapy and needle syringe programs for preventing hepatitis C transmission in people who inject drugs? Cochrane Clinical Answers .

Galvin, Brian (2018) EMCDDA publishes guide on evidence-based responses to drug problems. Drugnet Ireland , Issue 64, Winter 2018 , pp. 18-20.

Palmer, Melissa and Sutherland, Jennifer and Barnard, Sharmani and Wynne, Aileen and Rezel, Emma and Doel, Andrew and Grigsby-Duffy, Lily and Edwards, Suzanne and Russell, Sophie and Hotopf, Ellie and Perel, Pablo and Free, Caroline (2018) The effectiveness of smoking cessation, physical activity/diet and alcohol reduction interventions delivered by mobile phones for the prevention of non-communicable diseases: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials. PLoS ONE , 13 , (1) , e0189801.

Larney, Sarah (2017) A global picture of injecting drug use, HIV and anti-HCV prevalence among people who inject drugs, and coverage of harm reduction interventions. Drug and Alcohol Research Connections , December 2017 .

Millar, Sean (2017) Injecting drug use and hepatitis C treatment. Drugnet Ireland , Issue 63, Autumn 2017 , p. 25.

Millar, Sean (2017) Audit of hepatitis C testing and referral, 2015. Drugnet Ireland , Issue 63, Autumn 2017 , p. 32.

Drug and Alcohol Findings. (2017) Drug treatment matrix cell C1: management/supervision - reducing harm. Drug and Alcohol Findings Drug Treatment Matrix .

Drug and Alcohol Findings. (2017) Drug treatment matrix cell D1: organisational functioning - reducing harm. Drug and Alcohol Findings Drug Treatment Matrix .

Drug and Alcohol Findings. (2017) Drug treatment matrix cell E1: local and national systems - reducing harm. Drug and Alcohol Findings Drug Treatment Matrix .

Platt, Lucy and Sweeney, Sedona and Ward, Zoe and Guinness, Lorna and Hickman, Matthew and Hope, Vivian and Hutchinson, Sharon and Maher, Lisa and Iversen, Jenny and Craine, Noel and Taylor, Avril and Munro, Alison and Parry, John V and Smith, Josie and Vickerman, Peter (2017) Assessing the impact and cost-effectiveness of needle/syringe provision and opiate substitution therapy on hepatitis C transmission among people who inject drugs in the United Kingdom: analysis of pooled datasets and economic modeling. Public Health Research , 5 , (5) .

Platt, Lucy and Minozzi, Silvia and Reed, Jennifer and Vickerman, Peter and Hagan, Holly and French, Clare and Jordan, Ashly and Degenhardt, Louisa and Hope, Vivian and Hutchinson, Sharon and Maher, Lisa and Palmateer, Norah and Taylor, Avril and Bruneau, Julie and Hickman, Matthew (2017) Needle syringe programmes and opioid substitution therapy for preventing hepatitis C transmission in people who inject drugs. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews , 9 , CD012021.

Drug and Alcohol Findings. (2017) Drug Treatment Matrix cell A1: Interventions - reducing harm. Effectiveness of harm reduction interventions. Drug and Alcohol Findings Drug Treatment Matrix .

Millar, Sean (2017) Evaluation of the pilot stage of the Pharmacy Needle Exchange Programme in Ireland. Drugnet Ireland , Issue 62, Summer 2017 , pp. 31-33.

Esmaeili, Aryan and Mirzazadeh, Ali and Morris, Meghan D and Hajarizadeh, Behzad and Sacks, Henry S and Maher, Lisa and Grebely, Jason and Kim, Arthur Y and Lauer, Georg and Cox, Andrea L and Hellard, Margaret and Dietze, Paul and Bruneau, Julie and Shoukry, Naglaa H and Dore, Gregory J and Lloyd, Andrew R and Prins, Maria and Page, Kimberly (2017) The effect of female sex on hepatitis C incidence among people who inject drugs: results from the international multi-cohort InC3 Collaborative. Clinical Infectious Diseases , cix768 .

Garvey, Patricia and O'Grady, Brian and Franzoni, Geraldine and Bolger, Maeve and Irwin Crosby, Katie and Connell, Jeff and Burke, Deirdre and De Gascun, Cillian and Thornton, Lelia (2017) Hepatitis C virus seroprevalence and prevalence of chronic infection in the adult population in Ireland: a study of residual sera, April 2014 to February 2016. Eurosurveillance , 22 , (30) .

Crowley, Des and Cullen, Walter and Laird, Eamon and Lambert, John S and Mc Hugh, Tina and Murphy, Carol and Van Hout, Marie Claire (2017) Exploring patient characteristics and barriers to hepatitis C treatment in patients on opioid substitution treatment attending a community based fibro-scanning clinic. Journal of Translational Internal Medicine , 5 , (2) , pp. 112-119.

Fernandes, Ricardo M and Cary, Maria and Duarte, Gonçalo and Jesus, Gonçalo and Alarcão, Joana and Torre, Carla and Costa, Suzete and Costa, João and Carneiro, António Vaz (2017) Effectiveness of needle and syringe programmes in people who inject drugs - An overview of systematic reviews. BMC Public Health , 17 , (1) , p. 309.

Duffell, EF and Hedrich, Dagmar and Mardh, O and Mozalevskis, A (2017) Towards elimination of hepatitis B and C in European Union and European economic area countries: monitoring the world health organization’s global health sector strategy core indicators and scaling up key interventions. Eurosurveillance , 22 , (9) .

Gilchrist, Gail and Swan, Davina and Shaw, April and Keding, Ada and Towers, Sarah and Craine, Noel and Munro, Alison and Hughes, Elizabeth and Parrott, Steve and Strang, John and Taylor, Avril and Watson, Judith (2017) The acceptability and feasibility of a brief psychosocial intervention to reduce blood-borne virus risk behaviours among people who inject drugs: a randomised control feasibility trial of a psychosocial intervention (the PROTECT study) versus treatment as usual. Harm Reduction Journal , 14 , (4) .

Larney, Sarah and Peacock, Amy and Leung, Janni and Colledge, Samantha and Hickman, Mathew and Wickerman, Peter and Grebely, Jason and Dumchev, Kostyantyn V and Griffiths, Paul and Hines, Lindsey and Cunningham, Evan B and Mattick, Richard P and Lynskey, Michael T and Marsden, John and Strang, John and Degenhardt, Louisa (2017) Global, regional, and country-level coverage of interventions to prevent and manage HIV and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs: a systematic review. The Lancet Global Health , 5 , (12) .

Drug and Alcohol Findings. (2016) Clients of Danish drug consumption room reduce public injecting. Drug and Alcohol Findings Research Analysis , (13 December 2016) .

Guiney, Ciara (2016) Prisoners and infectious diseases. Drugnet Ireland , Issue 59, Autumn 2016 , pp. 12-13.

Marotta, Phillip L and McCullagh, Charlotte A (2016) A cross-national analysis of the effects of methadone maintenance and needle and syringe program implementation on incidence rates of HIV in Europe from 1995 to 2011. International Journal of Drug Policy , 32 , pp. 3-10.

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[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Supervised drug-use centres key to reducing harm says EU expert. (02 Jun 2022)

[Department of Health] Ministers for Health establish the Public Health Reform Expert Advisory Group. (25 Jan 2022)

[thejournal.ie] , Dalton, Eoghan 'Relatively few' incidents of injection spiking, say emergency medicine doctors. (13 Nov 2021)

[UNAIDS] UNAIDS calls for action against the criminalization of people who use drugs and for community-led harm reduction programmes. (01 Nov 2021)

[Irish Times] , Gallagher, Conor Almost 50,000 crack pipes handed out by HSE over last five years. (25 Jan 2021)

[Government of Ireland] COVID-19 (Coronavirus) - latest information and statistics from Ireland. (21 Sep 2020)

[Irish Times] How Dublin's homeless are being tested for Covid-19. (27 Mar 2020)

[Medical Independent] , Lynch, David Measures to provide Covid-19 testing and accommodation for homeless underway. (19 Mar 2020)

[irishhealth.com] , Condon, Deborah Eliminating hepatitis C - Ireland not on track. (23 Sep 2019)

[thejournal.ie] , Barry, Aoife The Explainer: Why is chemsex in the news in Ireland and the UK? (20 Sep 2019)

[thejournal.ie] , Burke, Ceimin Messages highlighting dangers of drug use during sex need to target wider audience. (02 Apr 2019)

[Irish Examiner Breaking News] Hepatitis C could be eliminated in Ireland in a decade, conference hears. (16 Feb 2019)

[Irish Examiner] , English, Eoin HSE defends installation of biohazard bins in Cork. (21 Jan 2019)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Neill, Kevin Plans to introduce additional needle bins in Cork city centre. (16 Jan 2019)

[Medical Independent] , Cahill, Niamh Improved data collection required for blood-borne viruses. (25 Oct 2018)

[thejournal.ie] , Russell, Cliodhna New self-test HIV kit goes on sale in pharmacies around the country today. (27 Jul 2018)

[Irish Times] , Gleeson, Colin Six in 10 people infected with hepatitis C undiagnosed. (24 Feb 2018)

[Evening Echo] , Burke, Roisin 600 heroin addicts in Cork as the debate over needle bins continues. (19 Dec 2017)

[thejournal.ie] , Russell, Cliodhna Increase in rate of HIV cases in Irish people aged over 50. (27 Sep 2017)

[Irish Times] , Cullen, Paul High levels of hepatitis C uncovered among prisoners and homeless. (22 Aug 2017)

[EM] #WorldHepatitisDay: EMCDDA joins forces with partners to address viral hepatitis elimination targets. (28 Jul 2017)

[Department of Health] Minister of State Catherine Byrne TD launches the National Clinical Effectiveness Guideline on Hepatitis C Screening. (28 Jul 2017)

[thejournal.ie] , Halpin, Hayley Calls for prevention medication to be made available following over 500 HIV diagnoses in 2016. (16 Jun 2017)

[EMCDDA] EMCDDA and ECDC join forces to address the challenge of hepatitis. (13 Jun 2017)

[Independent.ie] , O'Connor, Wayne People dying from ignorance of treatment for hepatitis C. (14 May 2017)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Warning of obligation to comply with international drug laws on plan for injecting facilities. (08 Mar 2017)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Needle exchange gets thumbs up from users. (05 Mar 2017)

[thecity.ie] , Carroll, Louise A helping hand or a cleanup act? (16 Feb 2017)

[thejournal.ie] , Ni Aodha, Grainne 'When there is somewhere safe for people to go and inject they will use it - I will use it'. (22 Nov 2016)

[UNAIDS] Ending AIDS by 2030 requires investment in harm reduction for people who inject drugs. (10 Oct 2016)

[thejournal.ie] , Fitzgerald, Cormac Public bins for getting rid of drugs are being rolled out up North, but could they be introduced here? (28 Jul 2016)

[thejournal.ie] , Murphy, Darragh Peter The 'War On Drugs' is driving a global epidemic of HIV, TB and hepatitis. (15 Jul 2016)

[Irish Times] , McGuire, Peter Chemsex: how Ireland can get ahead of the curve. (28 Jun 2016)

[Irish Examiner] , Ring, Evelyn Call to track the spread of diseases in prison. (24 Jun 2016)

[TalkingDrugs] , Gomes, André Dublin implements public sharps bins to tackle drug-related litter. (02 Mar 2016)

[thejournal.ie] , Brophy, Daragh Spotted these odd-looking bins in Dublin and wondered what they’re for? (13 Feb 2016)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Cionnaith, Fiachra Ó Ríordáin and Varadkar push for supervised drug centres. (02 Dec 2015)

[Belfastlive] , Grant, Rob One in six Northern Irish drug users "share needles", survey claims. (22 Jul 2015)

[drugs.ie] Safe disposal of drug related litter in County Westmeath. (20 Jul 2015)

[drugs.ie] Bar Council presents draft legislation for introduction of medically supervised injection units. (21 May 2015)

[Irish Examiner] , O'Keeffe, Cormac Needle exchange for 13,700 drug users. (14 May 2015)

[Independent.ie] , Healy, Paul and Fegan, Joyce 'I have to lock our church doors every day to stop drug addicts shooting up' - priest. (20 Feb 2015)

[Herald.ie] , Fegan, Joyce Radical legislation to allow for supervised injecting centres for heroin users. (16 Feb 2015)

[Independent.ie] , Fegan, Joyce Unsafe streets: 32 used drug needles lifted from city streets every day. (16 Feb 2015)

[RTE News] Call to set up injection facility in Dublin city centre. (16 Dec 2014)

[EMCDDA] Gaps in HIV prevention expose Europe to risk of outbreaks. (01 Dec 2014)

[Irish Examiner] , English, Eoin Taskforce meets over boy jabbed with needle. (06 Jun 2014)

[RTE News] Dublin Mayor wants mobile injection facility for addicts. (23 Oct 2013)

[UNODC] UNODC Executive Director calls for prevention, fair access to treatment on World Hepatitis Day. (28 Jul 2013)

[North Inner City Drugs Task Force] NICDTF issue anthrax alert. (11 Mar 2013)

Health Protection Agency, National Treatment Agency. [Health Protection Agency] Anthrax: information for drug users and drug workers. (31 Jul 2012)

[Irish Medical Times] Surge expected in liver cirrhosis cases. (19 Apr 2012)

[Irish Medical Times] , Stewert, Stephen and O'Neill, Mary-Teresa Hepatitis C: current management and emerging therapies. (22 Sep 2011)

Reference Group to the United Nations on HIV and Injecting Drug Use. [International Drug Policy Consortium] Reference Group calls on UN Member States to scale-up evidence-based interventions to address HIV among people who use drugs. (06 Jun 2011)

[United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime] UN report focuses on spread of HIV through drug injection. (25 Sep 2008)

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