Healthcare resources are inadequate to address the burden of illness among HIV-infected male prisoners in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Bick, J., Culbert, G., Al-Darraji, H.A., Koh, C., Pillai, V., Kamarulzaman, A., Altice, F.L.
• Format: Article
• Published: Emerald 2016
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/18605/; https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPH-06-2016-0017

Purpose - Criminalization of drug use in Malaysia has concentrated people who inject drugs (PWID) and people living with HIV into prisons where health services are minimal and HIV-related mortality is high. Few studies have comprehensively assessed the complex health needs of this population. The pa...