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

• Main Authors: Zhou, Dongsheng, Fu, Jeannia J., Bazazi, Alexander R., Altice, Frederick L., Mohamed, Mahmood Nazar, Kamarulzaman, Adeeba
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/12416/1/document%2820%29.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/12416/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044249

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.De...