Institution
Sofia Municipality
Government•Sofia, Bulgaria•
About: Sofia Municipality is a government organization based out in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Air quality index & Hepatitis. The organization has 4 authors who have published 2 publications receiving 37 citations. The organization is also known as: Sofia Capital Municipality.
Papers
TL;DR: Having more than 10 sexual partners, having sex with someone with hepatitis C or another IDU, and never using a condom with anotherIDU were common among those who were recruited through NEP.
Abstract: At a time when the rates of HIV, hepatitis C virus (HCV), and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections have risen among injection drug users (IDUs) in other countries in the region, little is known about the prevalence of these infections among Bulgarian injectors and about their sexual risk behaviours. IDUs (n = 773) in a community-based needle exchange programme (NEP) and two major drug treatment facilities in Sofia completed a structured interview and were tested for HIV, HBV, and HCV antibodies. While HCV prevalence in the sample was 73.9%, HBV and HIV prevalence was low -6% and 0.5%, respectively. Having more than 10 sexual partners, having sex with someone with hepatitis C or another IDU, and never using a condom with another IDU were common among those who were recruited through NEP. As 40% of the IDUs reported using NEP, it appears that needle exchange provides an opportunity to reach high-risk populations and prevent sexual transmission of blood-borne pathogens.
35 citations
Norwegian Institute for Air Research1, Barcelona Supercomputing Center2, Flemish Institute for Technological Research3, ENEA4, Slovenian Environment Agency5, Finnish Meteorological Institute6, United States Environmental Protection Agency7, Warsaw University of Technology8, Polish Academy of Sciences9, Sofia Municipality10
TL;DR: The first outcomes of the “FAIRMODE pilot” activity are presented, aiming at improving the way in which air quality models are used in the frame of the European “Air Quality Directive”.
Authors
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| Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| D Krasteva | 1 | 1 | 33 |
| E. Stoyneva | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Y. Hristova | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| T. Polimerova | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Performance Metrics
| Year | Papers |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 |