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Drug injectors at risk of Hepatitis C

Medics fi nd that people who inject drugs are prone to risky behaviours that expose them to opportunistic diseases like Hepatitis C and HIV. [PHOTO: COURTESY]

A study, done in 2015 in Nairobi and Mombasa, has found that one in every three drug injectors, known as People Who Inject Drugs (PWID), is living with Hepatitis C.

The yet to be released study, is a collaborative work of Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) and Kenya Aids NGOs Consortium (Kanco), sampled 552 PWIDs: 152 from Nairobi and 400 from Mombasa.

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