Drug Use

UNODC works to increase and improve HIV and AIDS prevention and care services for people who inject drugs in countries where the use of contaminated injecting equipment can be a major means of transmitting blood borne viruses, such as HIV. The Office works to ensure that AIDS responses are based on evidence, not ideology, and reach those most in need and most affected.

The use of contaminated injecting equipment among injecting drug users is one of the major routes of HIV transmission in many countries, contributing up to 10 per cent of all HIV transmissions worldwide and more than 30 per cent if Sub Saharan Africa is excluded. Read more...

 

Publications on HIV and Drug Use

Pioneering HIV services for women

UNAIDS REPORT

ON THE GLOBAL AIDS

EPIDEMIC | 2010


Consensus Statement of the Reference Group to the United Nations on HIV and Injecting Drug Use 2010

Independent Reference Group to the United Nations on HIV and Injecting Drug Use calls for Member States to scale up evidence-based interventions to address HIV among people who inject drugs ahead of the high level meeting on AIDS.
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UNODC supports interventions for women designed and implemented by women. The goal of that gender-responsive HIV work is to provide and improve the quality of prevention, treatment, care and support services for women and girls around the globe; we work towards communities free of violence, stigma and discrimination.
Around half of the 34 million people living with HIV are women and girls. They are particularly vulnerable to HIV infection due to their social status. They are often deprived of their basic rights leading to lack of education, health services and to economic disadvantages. One of the main reason for their vulnerability is the wide spread violence against them... Read More