Injecting Drug Use Among Under-18s: A Snapshot of Available Data

This report provides a snapshot of available data on injecting drug use among children and young people under the age of 18. It has three main aims:

• To increase attention to an often-overlooked aspect of responses to HIV and other health harms associated with unsafe injecting.
• To begin to understand the extent of the problem internationally, and how prevalence and patterns vary between regions and countries.
• To identify gaps and limitations in data collection in order to begin filling them.