PWID - People who inject drugs
Mar 20, 2018 | Stories from the Field
On February 20, 2018, Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa attended the opening of the Lake Zone’s first methadone clinic, at the ICAP-supported Sekou Toure Regional Hospital in Mwanza city. Similar clinics exist in the capital, Dar es Salaam, and in Zanzibar, but...
Sep 6, 2017 | Stories from the Field
In the Kyrgyz Republic, injection drug use accounts for almost 60 percent of HIVinfections. For people who inject drugs, needle and syringe programs—which provide clean needles and syringes at no cost to participants—serve as one of three core HIVinterventions, along...
May 2, 2017 | News
Central Asia and Eastern Europe experienced an estimated 57 percent annual increase in new HIV infections between 2010 and 2015. Injection drug use is a driving force behind the region’s HIV epidemic, with approximately 50 percent of all registered HIV cases occurring...
Jun 1, 2016 | Stories from the Field
This past month, ICAP welcomed a group of public health experts from Kenya to participate in a week-long intensive mentorship on medication-assisted treatment (MAT) programs for people who inject drugs (PWID). The learning exchange precedes the launch of the first MAT...
Apr 18, 2016 | News
Expanding TB and HIV care at medication-assisted treatment sites for people who inject drugs in Central Asia Despite efforts by health authorities to advance HIV prevention through needle exchange programs and medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for people who inject...
