On the eve of World AIDS Day, the EMCDDA showcases the latest data on HIV among people who inject drugs (PWID) and explores how countries are performing on global health sector objectives to tackle HIV/AIDS. The data underscore growing concerns that a potential rise in stimulant injecting and delayed HIV diagnoses could jeopardise the slow, but constant, progress seen in recent years in HIV prevention and treatment in this population.
Under the UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 (‘Good health and wellbeing’), the 29 EMCDDA countries (EU-27, Türkiye and Norway) have committed to eliminating…