The quality of outreach workers and the services they provide for the NSEP program in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Baba, Ismail, Azman, Azlinda
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/13207/1/20.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/13207/; http://www.insanmaya.net/
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

The outreach workers have been the focal point for the success and failure of the NSP in Malaysia. They are the back bone and the front line workers of the program.The program that was introduced in 2006 and has succeeded in reducing the number of HIV infections among people who inject drugs (PWID)....