Injection Drug Use & HIV: News & Research
- North Carolina Senate Passes Drug Overdose Prevention Bill (March 8, 2013)
In AIDS United Policy Update, from AIDS United
 Syringe Design Change Could Cut HIV Transmission (February 4, 2013)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Offering Methadone Treatment to Drug Users Significantly Reduces HIV Infection, Transmission Risk, Study Shows (October 16, 2012)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
 Methadone Reduces the Risk of HIV Transmission (October 9, 2012)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- IRIN Examines HIV Prevention Efforts Among IDUs in Thailand (July 31, 2012)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Canada: Fear Obstacle to Safe Injection Sites (April 24, 2012)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Drug Users' Union in San Francisco Part of Growing Movement (March 23, 2012)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Russia: Censorship and Dirty Needles Fuel HIV/AIDS Epidemic (March 1, 2012)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 Injection Drug Use and the African-American HIV Epidemic (February 8, 2012)
From TheBody.com
- Drug-Users' Needles Endanger Public, Study Shows (January 27, 2012)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Is Injection Serosorting Occurring Among HIV-Positive Injection Drug Users? Comparison by Injection Partner's HIV Status (January 26, 2012)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- The Effect of Neighborhood Deprivation and Residential Relocation on Long-Term Injection Cessation Among Injection Drug Users (IDUs) in Baltimore, Md. (December 14, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HPTN 058 HIV Prevention Study Among Injection Drug Users to Close Early (October 17, 2011)
Interim review finds study cannot achieve primary objectives.
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Synthetic Drugs Now Second Most Popular Drugs: UN (September 15, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Couple-Based Counseling Reduces HIV-Risk Behavior in Drug-Using Couples (July 10, 2011)
From aidsmap.com
- HIV Surveillance Report: Special Report -- Risk, Prevention and Testing Behaviors Related to HIV and Hepatitis Infections: National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System Injecting Drug Users May 2005 - February 2006 (PDF) (June 2011)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Injection Drug Use Helps Drive HIV/AIDS in Africa (May 6, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- More HIV Infections Linked to Injection Drug Use in East Africa, Report Finds (May 2, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Safe Injection Site Should Not Be Used as "a Political Football" (April 20, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
 HIV Prevention for People Who Inject Drugs: Time for a Global Change (Spring 2011)
The Vienna Declaration calls for an end to the "War on Drugs" and for policies based on scientific evidence. So what does the research tell us about preventing HIV among people who inject drugs?
In Prevention in Focus: Spotlight on Programming and Research, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- To Reduce Spread of HIV/AIDS, IFRC Calls for More Focus on IDU Programs (November 29, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
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