Combating the Twin Epidemics of HIV/AIDS and Drug Addiction

The CSIS report is authored by David A. Fiellin, associate professor of medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine; Traci C. Green, National Institute on Drug Abuse predoctoral fellow, Yale University School of Public Health; and Robert Heimer, professor, Division of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale University School of Public Health.

Data presented in the report were compiled between November 2006 and June 2007. Sources included papers in the peer-reviewed medical and social science literature, reports from national agencies and international organizations, and direct communication with contacts either in the country of interest or at the agencies and organizations responsible for managing or funding treatment programs and HIV relief efforts.This report focuses on 12 developing countries: 10 with injection-driven HIV epidemics(China, Georgia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Russia,Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Vietnam) and 2 with emerging epidemics among injection drug users (Kenya and Nigeria).