Injection Drug Use & HIV/AIDS
Overview
- Wired (Regularly Updated)
A British site about the misuse and abuse of drugs and alcohol.
- Drug Use and HIV (August 13, 2012)
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From AIDS InfoNet
- FDA Launches New Resource on How to Safely Dispose of Needles and Other Sharps (November 9, 2011)
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Triple Stigma: Race, HIV and Drug Use (PDF) (June 21, 2007)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Substance Abuse -- A National Challenge (January 13, 2006)
Prevention, treatment and research at HHS.
From U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- HIV/AIDS (November 2005)
An overview on drug abuse and HIV/AIDS.
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From U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Injecting Drug Users and HIV/AIDS (December 2001)
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In World AIDS Campaign 2001, from UNAIDS
- Reducing New HIV Infections by Half -- What Will It Take: Injection Drug Users (August 2001)
From amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research
- Faith Community Working to Prevent HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse (PDF) (June/July 2001)
From U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- A Comprehensive Approach: Preventing Blood-Borne Infections Among Injection Drug Users (December 2000)
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From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Hepatitis and Injection Drugs
- Hepatitis C Infections Now Twice as Likely in HIV+ Gay Men as in Injecting Drug Users, Swiss Study Finds (April 6, 2012)
From aidsmap.com
- 10 Million Illegal Drug Users Have Hepatitis C: Study (July 28, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Hepatitis C Virus Can Survive in Syringes for Up to 63 Days (February 20, 2010)
From aidsmap.com
- The Association of Syringe Type and Syringe Cleaning With HCV Infection Among IDUs in Budapest, Hungary (March 18, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- High Dead-Space Syringes and the Risk of HIV and HCV Infection Among Injecting Drug Users (March 9, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HCV Treatment and People Who Use Drugs (August 2007)
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In Guide to Hepatitis C for People Living With HIV, from Treatment Action Group
- Hepatitis C Transmission (August 2007)
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In Guide to Hepatitis C for People Living With HIV, from Treatment Action Group
- Hepatitis C in Drug Users: What to Do? (May 2006)
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From HCV Advocate
- Stigma: Hepatitis C and Drug Abuse (February 2006)
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From HCV Advocate
- Hepatitis B Vaccine Decreases Hepatitis B Incidence in Cohort of Drug Users (May 12, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Viral Hepatitis and Injection Drug Users (September 2002)
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From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Treatment of HCV in the Methadone Patient (April 2002)
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From HCV Advocate
- HIV, IV Drug Users, and Hepatitis C (Fall/Winter 2000)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
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