Injection Drug Use & HIV/AIDS

See also: Drug/Alcohol Use and HIV

Overview

FDA Launches New Resource on How to Safely Dispose of Needles and Other Sharps (November 9, 2011)
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Triple Stigma: Race, HIV and Drug Use (PDF) (June 21, 2007)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Overdose Prevention and Survival (2000)
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From Harm Reduction Coalition

Hepatitis and Injection Drugs

Hepatitis C Infections Now Twice as Likely in HIV+ Gay Men as in Injecting Drug Users, Swiss Study Finds (April 6, 2012)
From aidsmap.com
10 Million Illegal Drug Users Have Hepatitis C: Study (July 28, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Do No Harm: Tips on Connecting With, and Helping, Your Drug-Using Patients or Clients: A Blog Entry by Bethsheba Johnson, G.N.P.-B.C., A.A.H.I.V.S. (June 9, 2011)
From TheBodyPRO.com
Hepatitis C Virus Can Survive in Syringes for Up to 63 Days (February 20, 2010)
From aidsmap.com
High Dead-Space Syringes and the Risk of HIV and HCV Infection Among Injecting Drug Users (March 9, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HCV Treatment and People Who Use Drugs (August 2007)
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In Guide to Hepatitis C for People Living With HIV, from Treatment Action Group
Hepatitis C Transmission (August 2007)
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In Guide to Hepatitis C for People Living With HIV, from Treatment Action Group
Stigma: Hepatitis C and Drug Abuse (February 2006)
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From HCV Advocate
Hepatitis B Vaccine Decreases Hepatitis B Incidence in Cohort of Drug Users (May 12, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Viral Hepatitis and Injection Drug Users (September 2002)
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From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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