Year: 2013
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: The epidemiology of HIV infection and viral hepatitis among injection drug users (IDUs) is changing in western countries; reductions in the epidemic of blood-borne infections, such as HIV infection, and viral hepatitis among drug users are probably related to the generaliza‐ tion of harm-reduction interventions and to the treatment of both HIV/AIDS and substance abuse. Opioid substitution therapy for the treatment of patients with heroin dependence, needle exchange programmes, access to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) and supervised injecting facilities, among other preventive interventions, have contributed to reduce the impact of the HIV epidemic among drug users.
Source: InTech eBooks
DOI: 10.5772/53074
Language: English
Topic: HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W1562109489