Absence of antiretroviral therapy and other risk factors for morbidity and mortality in Malaysian compulsory drug detention and rehabilitation centers

• Main Authors: Fu, J.J., Bazazi, A.R., Altice, F.L., Mohamed, M.N., Kamarulzaman, A.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2012
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/9598/1/00000544_91080.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/9598/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Background: Throughout Asia, people who use drugs are confined in facilities referred to as compulsory drug detention and rehabilitation centers. The limited transparency and accessibility of these centers has posed a significant challenge to evaluating detainees and detention conditions directly. D...