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Elimination of HIV transmission through novel and established prevention strategies among people who inject drugs.
Review in The lancet. HIV, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- HIV among people who inject drugs in India: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
- Global patterns of opioid use and dependence: harms to populations, interventions, and future action.Lancet (London, England) · 2019Pooled it
- HCV communication within ego-centric networks of men and women who inject drugs.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Trial
- A randomized controlled trial of a brief behavioral intervention to reduce skin and soft tissue infections among people who inject drugs.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Trial
- Persistent HIV Transmission Misconceptions Among People Who Inject Drugs in Massachusetts, USA.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy of a Pilot Study To Integrate Buprenorphine into a Harm-reduction Drop-in-Center in Kampala, Uganda.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Addressing policy barriers to scaling up needle and syringe programmes: a global call to action.The Lancet. Global health · 2026Review
- Assessment of Perceived HIV Vulnerability, Knowledge Regarding HIV Transmission, and Associated Sociodemographic Factors Among Urban Slum Dweller Adults in Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- A spatially dynamic agent-based model for assessing the effect of gentrification-induced migration and HIV transmission among heterosexual African American/Black women.Annals of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Prevalence and correlates of multiple injections per injection episode among people who inject drugs in rural U.S. communities.The International journal on drug policy · 2025Article
- A Mixed Methods Assessment of the Effect of Organizational Characteristics on Intervention Scale-Up Success in 42 HIV Testing Clinics in Vietnam.Journal of evaluation in clinical practice · 2025Article
- Patterns of drug and sexual HIV transmission risk behaviors: A latent class analyses of men and women who inject drugs and are living with HIV in Kazakhstan.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Article
- Four decades of overdose prevention centres: lessons for the future from a realist review.Harm reduction journal · 2025Review
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- Decentralized HIV testing: comparing peer and mail-based distribution strategies to improve the reach of HIV self-testing among people who use drugs in Florida.Harm reduction journal · 2024Article
- Improving access to HIV care among people who inject drugs through tele-harm reduction: a qualitative analysis of perceived discrimination and stigma.Harm reduction journal · 2024Article
- "Take services to the people": strategies to optimize uptake of PrEP and harm reduction services among people who inject drugs in Uganda.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2024Article
- HIV treatment, antiretroviral adherence and AIDS mortality in people who inject drugs: a scoping review.European journal of public health · 2023Article
- Leveraging existing provider networks in Europe to eliminate barriers to accessing opioid agonist maintenance therapies for Ukrainian refugees.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- A community-based intervention to decrease the prevalence of HIV viremia among people who inject drugs in Vietnam.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2022Article
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Abstract
Despite the effectiveness of existing HIV prevention strategies for people who inject drugs (PWID), uncontrolled outbreaks of HIV among this group are common and occur around the world. In this Review, we summarise recent evidence for novel and established HIV prevention approaches to eliminate HIV transmission among PWID. Effective HIV prevention strategies include mobile needle and syringe programmes, pre-exposure prophylaxis, supervised injection facilities, and, to a lesser extent, some behavioural interventions. Studies have also shown the cost-effectiveness of long-standing HIV prevention strategies including needle and syringe programmes, opioid agonist therapy, and antiretroviral therapy for prevention. Although each individual intervention can reduce the risk of HIV acquisition among PWID, there is a consensus that a combination of approaches is required to achieve substantial and durable reductions in HIV transmission. Unfortunately, in many settings, the implementation of these interventions is often limited by public and political opposition that manifests as structural barriers to HIV prevention, such as the criminalisation of drug use. Given that there is ample evidence showing the effectiveness of several HIV prevention methods, social and political advocacy will be needed to overcome these barriers and integrate innovative HIV prevention approaches with addiction science to create effective drug policies.
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