Policy Brief: Antiretroviral Therapy and Injecting Drug Users
August 28, 2005

Policy Brief: Antiretroviral Therapy and Injecting Drug Users

This policy brief reviews the evidence to date on providing antiretroviral (ARV) therapy to HIV-positive injecting drug users. A number of related medical, psychological and social issues are also addressed including the need to manage drug interactions and the benefi t of harm reduction interventions in supporting optimum care for HIV-positive injecting drug users.

Organizations:

World Health Organization (WHO) Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

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