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Field research contextualizes local risk behaviors in northern Vietnam

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Higgs, Peter
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2015
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Higgs, P. 2015. Field research contextualizes local risk behaviors in northern Vietnam. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 31 (2): pp. 173-174.
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AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
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National Drug Research Institute (Research Institute)
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This is a copy of an article published in AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses © 2015 copyright Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.; AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses is available online at: http://online.liebertpub.com.

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The estimated number of drug users across Vietnam varies between 128,000 and 183,000 depending on sources of data which are used. However, the actual number of users is unknown and believed to be higher than these estimates, since the beginning of 2002 many have been arrested and sent to mandatory ‘rehabilitation centers’. Despite increases in spending HIV remains a massive problem among people who inject drugs. This image and the attached field note are striking in their ability to tell a story about poverty and inadequate treatment for opiate use in Vietnam.