Work in 10 countries will integrate hepatitis C services into harm reduction programs and pilot underused products to reduce health risks of injection drug use
A 38-country legal and policy analysis by UNAIDS and UNDP found that 14 countries in the region have corporal or capital punishment penalties for the use or possession of drugs. Some states have condoned extrajudicial killings for drug offences. In 2021 an estimated 12% of new HIV infections in Asia and the Pacific were among people who inject drugs.
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