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Opioid substitution therapy, especially in combination with needle exchange, reduces transmission of hepatitis C

Opioid substitution therapy, especially in combination with needle exchange, reduces transmission of hepatitis C

Interferon-free treatment works well for people who inject drugs, but barriers to access remain

People who inject drugs should have access to hepatitis C treatment, expert panel recommends

HIV treatment as prevention scale-up linked to reduced mortality among people who inject drugs in Vancouver

Third of people with HIV who use drugs intentionally miss doses of HIV treatment when planning to use drugs

Low-threshold methadone maintenance reduces HIV risk for people who inject drugs

Indiana HIV outbreak offers lessons about containing local outbreaks and need for harm reduction

John Brooks at IAS 2015. Photo by Liz Highleyman, hivandhepatitis.com

Vancouver's treatment as prevention success is also due to harm reduction and addiction treatment

Evan Wood at IAS 2015 ©Marcus Rose/IAS

Opioid substitution therapy combined with HIV treatment saves the lives of more drug users than ART alone

Michel Kazatchkine, UN Secretary-General Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia talks with Eduard Karamov, Ivanovsky Institute of Virology, Russian Federation. Photo ©Marcus Rose/IAS