This formative study examined the perceived susceptibility of hepatitis C among the injecting drug users of Dhaka city. A total of 384 currently injecting drug users were interviewed with structured questionnaire in the statistically metropolitan area of Dhaka. The structured questionnaire included their socio-demographic information, knowledge about hepatitis C; hepatitis C related risk practices and health care seeking practices. Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected from IDUs. Majority of the respondents (53.60 percent) had a low level of knowledge about hepatitis
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