Sharing drug injecting equipment increases the risk of transmitting and acquiring blood-borne infections, such as HIV and hepatitis B and C. While hepatitis C is the most prevalent blood-borne viral infection among people who inject drugs (PWID), injecting drug use remains an important mode of HIV transmission in some EU countries, and local outbreaks continue to occur. Despite falling HIV transmission rates in recent years, more than 1 in 10 new AIDS cases in the EU are still attributed to injecting drug use. This may signal late diagnosis or poor case management, both of which are avoidable...

BACKGROUND:

The high prevalence of HIV and substance use disorders (SUD) in Ukraine remains a significant public health problem. A well-trained, recovery-oriented national workforce to enhance SUD treatment associated with HIV care is needed to reduce substance use and HIV-related burden in the country.

METHODS:

The Ukraine Addiction Transfer Technology Center (Ukraine ATTC) was established in 2017 to provide training and technical assistance on the intersection of HIV and SUD to support efforts to control the HIV epidemic in Ukraine. Data were derived from Ukraine ATTC initiatives in its...

Este artículo explora las lecciones aprendidas durante la implementación de un proyecto de pruebas de hepatitis C y acceso al tratamiento facilitado por pares llamado proyecto Live Hep C Free para contribuir a los esfuerzos de microeliminación.

El proyecto Live Hep C Free tiene como objetivo facilitar el acceso a las pruebas, el tratamiento y la atención del virus de la hepatitis C en el lugar en entornos prioritarios a través de una asociación entre un compañero trabajador y una enfermera clínica. Desde el inicio del proyecto en enero de 2018, 4515 personas se involucraron con el virus de la...

Early detection of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome allows infected people to use prophylaxis against opportunistic infections and beginning immediate treatment for secondary complications. People who receive treatment benefit from increased social support and, more crucially, change their behaviour to prevent the virus from spreading to others. One of the most major methods of HIV transmission is through medication injections, and this group is responsible for the spread of HIV since they are ignorant of their illness. The coexistence of HIV and other opportunistic infections and illnesses...

Hay una escasez de investigaciones sobre los patrones de consumo de drogas entre los jóvenes seropositivos en el África subsahariana. Para llenar el vacío, se estableció lo siguiente:

1. comparar la prevalencia del consumo de sustancias, específicamente el consumo de alcohol y drogas ilícitas, entre los jóvenes de la salud con sus pares no infectados por el VIH;
2. estudiar la relación independiente entre el estado de infección por el VIH y el consumo de sustancias entre estos jóvenes;
3. Analizar los indicadores de riesgo para el consumo de sustancias entre estos jóvenes.

Entre noviembre de...

COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) was classified a pandemic on March 11, 2020, with early reports of the disease occurring in the Middle East and North African (MENA) area. On January 2021, the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (WHO-EMRO) reported 5,566,708 confirmed cases with 131,886 fatalities to date. Since 2016, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) area has seen a modest but steady growth in the harm reduction response.

Little is known about the region's health response and the situation of drug users (PWUD) during the outbreak. During COVID-19, the MENA Harm...