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News and information about HIV in injecting drug users. The criminalisation of drug use and the marginalisation of drug users contribute to vulnerability to HIV.

Harm reduction

Heroin, Survivor of War on Drugs, Returns With New Face

Editor's pick
New York Times
24 November 2015
Epidemiology & behaviour

On the Fast-Track to end AIDS by 2030: Focus on location and population

Editor's pick
UNAIDS
24 November 2015
Drug interactions & pharmacokinetics

Study reveals potential challenges for scaling up of HCV therapy in UK

News
24 November 2015
New & experimental hepatitis C treatment

Grazoprevir/elbasvir shows high hepatitis C cure rate for people who inject drugs

News
16 November 2015
Hepatitis C transmission & prevention

UK: Almost half of people who inject drugs unaware they have hepatitis C

Editor's pick
Public Health England
13 November 2015
Treatment guidelines

How do we maximise global HIV treatment access? IAPAC Care Continuum Guidelines make recommendations

News
9 November 2015
Hepatitis C transmission & prevention

Strategies for hepatitis C ‘treatment as prevention’ must address the concerns of people who inject drugs

News
28 October 2015
HIV prevention policy

Health Minister Warns Russia's HIV Epidemic Could Spiral Out of Control

Editor's pick
The Moscow Times
27 October 2015
Drug policy & policing

Harm reduction conference calls for political leadership to reform drugs policy

News
27 October 2015
Harm reduction

Toward a Harm Reduction Decade

Editor's pick
You Tube / Drugreporter HCLU
26 October 2015
Harm reduction

Needle and syringe exchanges need to adapt to meet the needs of people who inject steroids and image-enhancing drugs

News
22 October 2015
Harm reduction

Why is injecting equipment re-used? Drug users do their own research to find out

News
21 October 2015
Retention & linkage to care

Peer workers improve drug users’ engagement with HIV care in Ukraine

News
21 October 2015
Harm reduction

Emergency needle exchange in Indiana reduces HIV and HCV risk for people who inject drugs

News
20 October 2015
Harm reduction

Opioid substitution therapy, especially in combination with needle exchange, reduces transmission of hepatitis C

News
19 October 2015
People who inject drugs

Surge in new HIV cases linked to ‘snow blow’ drug use

Editor's pick
Irish Examiner
13 October 2015
Hepatitis C treatment

Interferon-free treatment works well for people who inject drugs, but barriers to access remain

News
13 October 2015
Hepatitis C treatment

NYU Research: Development of Severe Liver Damage in Mid/Late-adulthood among People Who Inject Drugs with Chronic HCV

Editor's pick
New York University press release
12 October 2015
Hepatitis C treatment

People who inject drugs should have access to hepatitis C treatment, expert panel recommends

News
7 October 2015
Hepatitis C treatment

Rising death rates and burden of liver disease requires urgent hepatitis C treatment in people who inject or have injected drugs

Editor's pick
Kirby Institute press release
7 October 2015
People who inject drugs

Beyond the fear factor

Editor's pick
Harry Shapiro (blog)
6 October 2015
Hepatitis C treatment

NYU researchers find development of serious liver damage in mid- to late-adulthood among people who inject drugs with untreated chronic hepatitis C infection

Editor's pick
NYU press release
6 October 2015
People who inject drugs

England: Take-home Naloxone from October 2015

Editor's pick
Naloxone Action Group
3 October 2015
People who inject drugs

Primary care-based addiction treatment lowers substance dependence in people with HIV

Editor's pick
Eurekalert Inf Dis
30 September 2015