Injection Drug Use & HIV/AIDS: News & Research

See also: Injection Drug Use & HIV/AIDS

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 Research and Programming, 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
Injection Drug Use Fuels Black HIV Rates: Why Don't We Talk About It? (November 9, 2010)
In Black AIDS Weekly, from Black AIDS Institute
Potential for Sexual Transmission of HIV Infection From Male Injecting-Drug Users Who Have Sex With Men in Tehran, Iran (November 8, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Reuters Examines How Harm Reduction Policies in Switzerland Could Serve as Model for Reducing Spread of HIV/AIDS Among IDUs (October 26, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
No Injecting Room for Melbourne: Premier (September 17, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Australia: Drug Experts Support Injecting Center (September 17, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV Meds Don't Up Intravenous Drug Abusers' Risk-Taking (August 13, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Ukraine: Doctors Punished for Fighting AIDS (August 13, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Drug Abuse and HIV (July 28, 2010)
In Los Angeles Times
New Global Report Launched by the International AIDS Society Recommends a New Paradigm for Treating Injecting Drug Users: "Seek, Test, Treat and Retain" (July 22, 2010)
Access to opioid substitution therapy such as methadone can facilitate access to and retention in ART; HIV treatment for injecting drug users can prevent HIV acquisition and transmission.
From International AIDS Society
The Lancet Series: Global HIV Epidemic Among People Who Use Drugs (July 20, 2010)
To read PDF, click here.
From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Integration of OST, TB, ARVs, Treatment and Scale-Up for IDUs (July 19, 2010)
To read PDF, click here.
From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Injecting Drug Use Declining in Europe: Monitoring Body (July 2, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Supreme Court of Canada to Hear Federal Appeal of Insite Safe Injection Clinic (June 29, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Flashblood: Blood Sharing Among Female Injecting Drug Users in Tanzania (June 15, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Experts Warn Increasing IDUs in Eastern, Southern Africa Could Threaten HIV/AIDS Fight (May 25, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Evidence for the Effectiveness of Sterile Injecting Equipment Provision in Preventing Hepatitis C and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmission Among Injecting Drug Users: A Review of Reviews (May 4, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
U.N. Official Warns of Increasing Drug Addiction in Developing Countries (March 9, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Study Finds Most HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care Efforts Overlook IDUs (March 1, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Mental Health in HIV Seronegative and Seropositive IDUs in South Florida (February 1, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Russia Rejects Methadone to Stem HIV Epidemic (October 28, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Researchers, Public Health Experts Urge Russia to Expand HIV Prevention Programmes for People Who Inject Drugs as Regional AIDS Conference Opens in Moscow (October 28, 2009)
Evidence-based programmes in Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan and Russian scale-up of HIV treatment highlight potential for action.
From International AIDS Society
An Integrated Supervised Injecting Program Within a Care Facility for HIV-Positive Individuals: A Qualitative Evaluation (July 29, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
PEPFAR Funds Supplies, Training to Promote Safe Injection Practices in Nigeria (June 24, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
IRIN Examines PEPFAR Funding of IDU Programs (June 24, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Asia-Pacific: UN Calls for AIDS Law Reform (April 22, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV/AIDS, Drug Programs Should "Work Together," Sidibe Says in Opinion Piece (April 22, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Injection Drug Users in South Florida Have Risky Behaviors, Study Says (April 13, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV-Associated Behaviors Among Injecting-Drug Users -- 23 Cities, United States, May 2005-February 2006 (April 10, 2009)
To read PDF, click here.
In Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 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
AP/Los Angeles Times Examines Efforts to End Unsafe Injection Practices That Could Spread HIV, Other Diseases (February 9, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Wall Street Journal Examines Unsafe Injection Practices That Could Spread HIV, Other Diseases (February 4, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Drug Use During Sex May Make Infection With Drug-Resistant HIV More Likely (May 20, 2008)
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)
To read PDF, click here.
In Guide to Hepatitis C for People Living With HIV, from Treatment Action Group
About 13 Million Injection Drug Users Worldwide Need Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment Services, UNAIDS Says (May 16, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Literature Review: Screening Tool for Mental Illness, Substance Abuse Validated (January 2006)
In Infectious Diseases in Corrections Report, from Brown Medical School
HIV Risk Higher for Young Female IDUs Who Have Sex With Women (July 15, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Australian Study Finds Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Could Stop Spread of HIV in Jail (June 3, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Vancouver: Police Crackdown on Drug Dealers Accused of Increasing HIV Risk (May 8, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Washington: Ferries Install Bins for Used Needles (April 18, 2003)
Effort launched to protect ferry workers from accidental needlesticks.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV-Positive IV Drug Users Have Poorer Response to HAART (April 15, 2003)
[Archived Article]
From aidsmap.com
Principles of HIV Prevention in Drug-Using Populations (PDF) (March 2002)
A research-based guide to helping drug users reduce their risk of contracting HIV.
From National Institute on Drug Abuse
Sexual Risk Factors Among IDUs (Summer/Autumn 2001)
In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
AIDS Trends and Risk Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men (August 4, 2000)
In SHOP Talk: School Health Opportunities and Progress Bulletin, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
$16 Million in Substance Abuse Treatment Funds Available to Treat Minority Communities Affected by HIV/AIDS (March 1, 2000)
[Archived Article]
From U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration