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dc.contributor.authorPetersen, Z.
dc.contributor.authorMyers-Franchi, Bronwyn
dc.contributor.authorvan Hout, M.C.
dc.contributor.authorPlüddemann, A.
dc.contributor.authorParry, C.
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-24T08:14:06Z
dc.date.available2021-09-24T08:14:06Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationPetersen, Z. and Myers, B. and van Hout, M.C. and Plüddemann, A. and Parry, C. 2013. Availability of HIV prevention and treatment services for people who inject drugs: Findings from 21 countries. Harm Reduction Journal. 10 (1): Article No. 13.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/85726
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1477-7517-10-13
dc.description.abstract

Background: About a third of the global HIV infections outside sub-Saharan Africa are related to injecting drug use (IDU), and this accounts for a growing proportion of persons living with HIV. This paper is a response to the need to monitor the state of the HIV epidemic as it relates to IDU and the availability of HIV treatment and harm reduction services in 21 high epidemic countries.

Methods: A data collection form was designed to cover questions on rates of IDU, prevalence and incidence of HIV and information on HIV treatment and harm reduction services available to people who inject drugs (PWID). National and regional data on HIV infection, IDU in the form of reports and journal articles were sought from key informants in conjunction with a systematic search of the literature.

Results: Completed data collection forms were received for 11 countries. Additional country-specific information was sourced via the literature search. The overall proportion of HIV positive PWID in the selected countries ranged from 3% in Kazakhstan to 58% in Vietnam. While IDU is relatively rare in sub-Saharan Africa, it is the main driver of HIV in Mauritius and Kenya, with roughly 47% and 36% of PWID respectively being HIV positive. All countries had antiretroviral treatment (ART) available to PWID, but data on service coverage were mainly missing. By the end of 2010, uptake of needle and syringe programmes (NSP) in Bangladesh, India and Slovakia reached the internationally recommended target of 200 syringes per person, while uptake in Kazakhstan, Vietnam and Tajikistan reached between 100-200 syringes per person. The proportion of PWID receiving opioid substitution therapy (OST) ranged from 0.1% in Kazakhstan to 32.8% in Mauritius, with coverage of less than 3% for most countries.

Conclusions: In order to be able to monitor the impact of HIV treatment and harm reduction services for PWID on the epidemic, epidemiological data on IDU and harm reduction service provision to PWID needs to be regularly collected using standardised indicators. © 2013 Petersen et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherBMC
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectScience & Technology
dc.subjectLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subjectSubstance Abuse
dc.subjectInjecting drug use
dc.subjectPeople who inject drugs
dc.subjectHarm reduction
dc.subjectHIV prevention
dc.subjectUSERS
dc.subjectACCESS
dc.subjectCARE
dc.titleAvailability of HIV prevention and treatment services for people who inject drugs: Findings from 21 countries
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume10
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.issn1477-7517
dcterms.source.titleHarm Reduction Journal
dc.date.updated2021-09-24T08:14:05Z
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© The Author(s). 2013 Published in Harm Reduction Journal. This article is published under the Open Access publishing model and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Please refer to the licence to obtain terms for any further reuse or distribution of this work.

curtin.departmentEnAble Institute
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences
curtin.contributor.orcidMyers-Franchi, Bronwyn [0000-0003-0235-6716]
curtin.identifier.article-numberARTN 13
dcterms.source.eissn1477-7517
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridMyers-Franchi, Bronwyn [7202684194]


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