June 29, 2006

Africa’s IV Drug Users Need HIV Ed

June 28, 2006—With heroin and cocaine trafficking on the rise in Southern Africa, injection drug use is up too—but HIV prevention is way behind, according to researchers at a recent U.S. Presidential Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) conference. Most drug users did not know how to clean needles and often shared the same needle up to 15 times.

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