Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 Introduction; 4 1 HIV/AIDS in Injecting Drug Users; 5 2 Treatment for Drug Dependence; 6 3 Sterile Needle and Syringe Access and Outreach and Education; 7 4 Taking Action; 8 Appendix A Agenda for Information-Gathering Meeting, Geneva, December 2005; 9 Appendix B Literature Search Strategies; 10 Appendix C Country Case Studies; 11 Appendix D Tables Summarizing the Evidence on Multi-Component HIV Prevention Programs That Include Needle and Syringe Exchange; 12 Appendix E Additional Thoughts on a Community Randomized Trial of Multi-Component HIV Prevention Programs; 13 Appendix F Biographies

About the Author

Committee on the Prevention of HIV Infection among Injecting Drug Users in High-Risk Countries