Overlap between harm reduction and HIV service utilisation among PWID in India: Implications for HIV combination prevention

In some regions, HIV incidence is rising among people who inject drugs (PWID). Combination prevention approaches are well suited to PWID who face multiple sources of HIV risk. This analysis investigates patterns of utilisation to basic HIV services (HIV counselling and testing [HCT], antiretroviral therapy [ART]) as well as harm reduction programs (needle and syringe exchange programs [NSEP] and opioid agonist therapy [OAT]) among PWID and how utilisation of harm reduction services is associated with HIV-related care seeking behaviours.

Source: International Journal of Drug Policy - May 4, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: M. Kumi Smith, Sunil S. Solomon, Derek A.T. Cummings, Aylur K. Srikrishnan, M. Suresh Kumar, C.K. Vasudevan, Allison M. McFall, Gregory M. Lucas, David D. Celentano, Shruti H. Mehta Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research