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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

DrugScope responds to Iain Duncan Smith's comments about methadone

Editor's pick
DrugScope
25 November 2014
Harm reduction

Why heroin has made a comeback in America

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The Economist
24 November 2014
Hepatitis C treatment

Practical steps to eliminating hepatitis C: a consensus for London

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London Joint Working Group on Substance Use and Hepatitis C
17 November 2014
Hepatitis C transmission & prevention

Young drug injectors on opioid maintenance therapy have lower risk of hepatitis C infection

News
11 November 2014
People who inject drugs

More naloxone programmes to prevent the increasing opiate-overdose deaths in England are ungently needed

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International Doctors for Healthier Drug Policies
11 November 2014
Harm reduction

Addiction services in England: in need of an intervention

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The Lancet Psychiatry
10 November 2014
Harm reduction

Official drug advisers reject time limit on methadone substitution for addicts

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The Guardian
6 November 2014
Hepatitis C symptoms & diagnosis

Half of people with hepatitis C unaware

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Public Health England press release
5 November 2014
Hepatitis C transmission & prevention

Opioid Maintenance Therapy Linked to Lower Hepatitis C Rates for People Who Inject Drugs

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HIVandhepatitis.com
29 October 2014
People who inject drugs

Female drug users in Georgia face barriers to access therapy

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The Lancet
17 October 2014
Global health initiatives

Hard choices in Russia as the final HIV grant proposal is submitted

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Aidspan
25 September 2014
Global health initiatives

Russia's harm reduction programs threatened by want of funds

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Global Fund Observer
25 September 2014
Hepatitis C symptoms & diagnosis

People living with HIV in the US are infrequently screened for HCV

News
22 September 2014
Harm reduction

Tips for supplying foil

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Injecting Advice
9 September 2014
People who inject drugs

UK: Serious concerns expressed by DrugScope over sharp increase in drug related deaths

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DrugScope (press release)
4 September 2014
Harm reduction

Healthcare workers worry injecting heroin is on increase in South Africa

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Groundup
2 September 2014
Hepatitis C transmission & prevention

Expanded harm reduction provision achieves impressive reductions in HCV incidence among PWID in Scotland

News
20 August 2014
People who inject drugs

Experts Say Russia Not Ready to Fight HIV

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The Moscow Times
20 August 2014
Hepatitis C transmission & prevention

Emergent HCV epidemic among young, non-urban people who inject drugs in the United States

News
18 August 2014
Hepatitis C treatment

OTP patients, ideal for new hepatitis C medication, put on bottom of list by payers

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Alcohol & Drug Abuse Weekly
14 August 2014
Opportunistic infections

Risk of invasive pneumococcal disease remains high for people living with HIV

News
6 August 2014
Hepatitis C transmission & prevention

Couples-based intervention has impact on HCV incidence and risky sexual behaviour among drug-involved couples in Kazakhstan

News
1 August 2014
Harm reduction

Harm reduction prevents HIV, national evidence from Ukraine and Greece shows

News
30 July 2014
Hepatitis C treatment

Interferon-free hepatitis C treatment works for people on methadone or buprenorphine

News
25 July 2014