| Affiliation: | (1) Division of Viral Hepatitis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA;(2) World Health Organization Consultant, USA;(3) Ministry of Health, Phnom Penh, Cambodia;(4) World Health Organization, Resident Advisor, India;(5) Phnom Penh Office, World Health Organization, Cambodia |
| Abstract: | Background Injection overuse and unsafe injection practices facilitate transmission of bloodborne pathogens such as hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Anecdotal reports of unsafe and unnecessary therapeutic injections and the high prevalence of HBV (8.0%), HCV (6.5%), and HIV (2.6%) infection in Cambodia have raised concern over injection safety. To estimate the magnitude and patterns of such practices, a rapid assessment of injection practices was conducted. |
