Table 1 Rates of needle sharing reported by IDU in five sub-Saharan African countries
From: Injection drug use, unsafe medical injections, and HIV in Africa: a systematic review
Country | Population | Needle sharing | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
Kenya | IDUs | 27–81% (ever) | [14] |
Kenya | Injecting heroin users in Nairobi | 28–52% (past 6 months) | |
Kenya | Female IDUs in Nairobi | 28–44% (no timeframe) | [48] |
Mauritius | IDUs | 80% (past 3 months) | [14] |
Mauritius | Injecting sex workers | 77% (ever) | [14] |
Nigeria | Injecting heroin users | 11–15% (past 6 months) | [14] |
South Africa | Injecting heroin users in Cape Town | 56–86%% (past 30 days) | |
Tanzania | Female IDUs in Dar es Salaam | 6% (no timeframe) | [29] |
Tanzania | IDUs in Zanzibar | 46% (ever) | [49] |