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Service User and Healthcare-worker Perspectives on Substance Use Disorder Treatment Journeys, Relapse, and Recovery in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Uganda

2025-12-09

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<h4>Introduction</h4> Substance Use Disorders (SUDs) pose significant public health challenges in sub-Saharan Africa. However, there is limited evidence on how service users (SUs) and front-line health care workers (HCWs) experience SUD treatment and recovery within resource constrained settings. This study explored the perspectives of SUs and HCWs to understand treatment trajectories and to identify multilevel b...

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10.64898/2025.12.08.25341874
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