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The global HIV response, which was already off track before COVID-19, is now under even greater strain as the COVID-19 crisis continues. And people who use drugs and prisoners continue being among the most affected! Globally, harm reduction services are not available at the level and scale that is required to end AIDS. And that’s true in the community and in prisons. In too
The hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have magnified the challenges that people who use drugs face. In Uganda, during the COVID-19 lockdowns there was limited access to HIV treatment and other health services, including access to medically assisted therapy, which provides daily doses of methadone to people who use drugs. Access to support systems, such as drop-in
The UNAIDS Key Populations Atlas is an online tool that provides a range of information about members of key populations sex workers, gay men and other men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, transgender people and prisoners worldwide, together with information about people living with HIV.
On International Drug Users’ Day, UNAIDS is calling for urgent action against the criminalization of people who use drugs, for the redress of criminalization’s negative effects on HIV, viral hepatitis and other health issues, for the respect of human rights and for more funding for community-led harm reduction programmes.