Monday, March 29, 2010

Lancet paper on IDU

The Lancet published a paper that researched shortfalls in HIV prevention, treatment, and care services for injecting drug users (IDUs) worldwide. The findings revealed that international “coverage of HIV prevention, treatment, and care services in IDU populations is very low” and are nowhere near the levels required to meet the needs of the population.

Read a summary of the report at:
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2810%2960232-2/fulltext

See a map summary of the Eurasia region at:
http://www.ihra.net/Assets/581/1/GSHREurasia.pdf

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Get this one out to our target IDU platforms?