Associations between availability and coverage of HIV-prevention measures and subsequent incidence of diagnosed HIV infection among injection drug users

L. Wiessing, G. Likatavičius, D. Klempová, D. Hedrich, A. Nardone and P. Griffiths

American Journal of Public Health, 2009, vol. 99, issue 6, 1049-1052

Abstract: HIV-preventionmeasures specific to injection drug users (IDUs), such asopioid substitutiontreatment and needle-and-syringe programs, are not provided in many countries where injection drug use is endemic. We describe the incidence of diagnosed HIV infection in IDUs and the availability and coverage of opioid substitution and needle-and-syringe programs in the European Union and 5 middle- and high-income countries. Countries with greater provision of both prevention measures in 2000 to 2004 had lower incidence of diagnosed HIV infection in 2005 and 2006.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.141846

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