Guideline

Guidance on prevention of viral hepatitis B and C among people who inject drugs

Year of Publication

2012

Issuing Institution

World Health Organization

Links

WHO IRIS,WHO IRIS

Recommendations

5 included recommendations

It is suggested to offer people who inject drugs the rapid hepatitis B vaccination regimen

Status

Maintained

Recommended in favor

Conditional

Certainty of evidence

Very low

It is suggested to offer people who inject drugs incentives to increase uptake and completion of the hepatitis B vaccine schedule.

Status

Updated

Recommended in favor

Conditional

Certainty of evidence

Very low

It is suggested that needle and syringe programmes also provide low dead-space syringes for distribution to people who inject drugs.

Status

Updated

Recommended in favor

Conditional

Certainty of evidence

Very low

Psychosocial interventions are not suggested for people who inject drugs to reduce the incidence of viral hepatitis

Status

Updated

Recommended against

Conditional

Certainty of evidence

Very low

It is suggested to offer peer interventions to people who inject drugs to reduce the incidence of viral hepatitis.

Status

Updated

Recommended in favor

Conditional

Certainty of evidence

Low