HIV, hepatitis, TB burden among prisoners driven by IDUs, insufficient care

[HFIAdmin]

Frequent incarcerated of injection drug users is most likely the cause for increase in HIV, hepatitis, and TB among prisoners. Click the link below to learn more.

tinyurl.com/hv7kylz

[adminhepbtrust]

in the uk all prisoners are offered hbv vaccinations and uptake is now very good uk drug dependency wards have 1% hbv rates and much the same in our prisons, however our nurses and children have similar rates on wards and there are rather more of them, in fact hbv is about 5% in our sub Saharan and Pacific Rim populations way higher. These "criminals have it" comments really just lead to stigma. Childhood has infected a billion humans with Hep B and Healthcare has infect 90% of hep C globally