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Linking prevention & treatment

Linking HIV prevention services and substance abuse treatment programs (pdf 102kb)

This fact sheet discusses that HIV prevention must be an integral component of substance abuse treatment. It outlines that substance abuse treatment is key to helping injection drug users reduce HIV transmission risk. Linking HIV prevention programs and substance abuse treatment offers considerable potential but also faces challenges.

The fact sheet examines:

- that 1/3 of HIV infections every year are linked to injecting drug use
- the challenges of linking prevention and treatment
- the different approaches of linking prevention and treatment

 

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