Barriers and Potential Improvements for Needle and Syringe Exchange Programs (NSPs) in China: A Qualitative Study from Perspectives of Both Health and Public Security Sectors

• Fung Kuen Koo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fung Kuen Koo, Xi Chen

  Current address: Sydney Nursing School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

  Affiliation Sydney Nursing School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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• Xi Chen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fung Kuen Koo, Xi Chen

  Affiliation Hunan Provincial Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hunan, China

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• Eric P. F. Chow ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations The Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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• Jun Jing ,

  * E-mail: lzhang@kirby.unsw.edu.au (LZ); jingjun@tsinghua.edu.cn (JJ)

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Research Center for Public Health, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

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• Jun Zheng ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Hunan Provincial Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hunan, China

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• Junshi Zhao ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Hunan Provincial Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hunan, China

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• Lei Zhang

  * E-mail: lzhang@kirby.unsw.edu.au (LZ); jingjun@tsinghua.edu.cn (JJ)

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations The Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Research Center for Public Health, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

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