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06.05.2024
In Thessaloniki, Greece, ALEXANDROS, a community-based program targeting people who inject drugs helped identify a new outbreak of HIV infection during the COVID-19 pandemic. An article with an analysis of the outbreak has been recently published in the International Journal of Drug Policy and can be accessed here.
The analysis showed that homelessness and syringe sharing were risk factors in HIV acquisition and underlined the importance of peer-driven initiatives in the improvement of the access of people who inject drugs to HIV care.
The case of Thessaloniki might serve as a relevant good practice example for other contexts.
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ViiV have agreed to enable generic production of long acting PrEP to 90 countries. ViiV and the Medicines Patent Pool have enabled access to generic formulation of long acting Cabotegravir for PrEP to 90 low- and lower-middle income countries. This comes as progress in the global HIV response has slowed, and a rise in infections […]
The data from UNAIDS of the global HIV response has shown that progress has faltered and resources have shrunk during the last two years of COVID-19 and other global crises. As a result, millions of lives are now at risk. Communities that were already at a greater risk of HIV are now even more vulnerable […]
