Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: Discussions of HIV control in developing countries usually pay insufficient attention to injecting drug use. Yet half the population of the world now lives in developing countries within a few hours’ flight from Bangkok in a region where HIV infection is dominated by the sharing of injecting equipment. The number of people infected with HIV in India and China alone is estimated to increase from 6-10 million at present to 30-40 million by 2010. By 2010 The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) expects that Asia will outstrip sub-Saharan Africa in absolute numbers of HIV carriers. 1 In seven of the 10 UNAIDS regions—accounting for 90% of the global population—injecting drug users are considered among the most important risk groups for HIV. (excerpt)
Source: BMJ
Authors: Alex Wodak, Robert Ali, Michael Farrell
Institutions: St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, The University of Adelaide
Language: English
Topic: HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2080029419