A BLOG for people implementing projects for people who use drugs
■ One of three new cases of HIV in the world today outside sub-Saharan Africa result from injecting drug use.
■ Sharing needles to inject drugs is an extremely efficient way to transmit HIV – about six times more effi cient than male-to-female sexual transmission.
■ Sexual transmission of HIV is a major issue among IDUs.
■ Sharing needles is also a very efficient way to transmit Hepatitis C (HCV). In some countries, more than half of all HCV cases come from the use of intravenous drugs.
■ Opiate overdose is a major cause of youth mortality in many parts of the world today -- injecting increases the risk of overdose.
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