Inadequate provision of treatments driving drug-related HIV epidemics

Of the estimated 16 million injecting drug users (IDUs) worldwide, some 3 million are thought to be HIV positive. To curtail the HIV epidemic in IDUs, a combination of interventions are needed specific to the location and population profile. In the new paper in The Lancet Series on HIV in People Who Use Drugs, Dr Steffanie Strathdee, University of California San Diego, CA, USA, and colleagues conclude that inadequate provision of opioid substitution (OST), needle and syringe programmes (NSP) and antiretroviral therapy (ART), along with laws preventing OST, are all driving the HIV epidemic in people who use drugs.

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