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HIV in Central Asia: Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan

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Public Health Aspects of HIV/AIDS in Low and Middle Income Countries

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  1. Deputy Director, International Harm Reduction Development Program, Open Society Institute New York, New York, USA

    Daniel Wolfe

  2. National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. New York, New York, USA

    Richard Elovich

  3. Regional Harm Reduction Adviser Central Asian Regional HIV/AIDS Program, GRM International, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

    Azizbek Boltaev

  4. The Head, Expert Commission, Under Coordination Counsel on Drugs and HIV Prevention Sogd District, Khujand, Tajikistan

    Dilshod Pulatov

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Wolfe, D., Elovich, R., Boltaev, A., Pulatov, D. (2008). HIV in Central Asia: Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. In: Celentano, D.D., Beyrer, C. (eds) Public Health Aspects of HIV/AIDS in Low and Middle Income Countries. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72711-0_25

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