Association between Expatriation and HIV Awareness and Knowledge among Injecting Drug Users in Kabul, Afghanistan: A Cross-Sectional Comparison of Former Refugees to Those Remaining During Conflict

Little is known about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) awareness among Afghan injecting drug users (IDUs), many of whom initiated injecting as refugees. We explored whether differences in HIV awareness and knowledge exist between Afghan IDUs who were refugees compared to those never having left Afghanistan.