Global Research Network Meeting on HIV Prevention in Drug-Using Populations 2001. Fourth Annual Meeting Report. Held in Melbourne, Australia on October 11-12, 2001

摘要

The Fourth Annual Meeting of the Global Research Network on HIV Prevention in Drug-Using Populations (GRN) was held in October 2001 in conjunction with and immediately following the Sixth International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) in Melbourne, Australia. Within the ICAAP Congress itself, held on October 5-10, 2001, the GRN sponsored four symposia that built on a number of its themes by highlighting a range of research issues related to HIV prevention among drug-using populations. The symposia addressed the relationship between prevention of HIV infection and prevention of other blood-borne infections; injection drug users (IDUs) as multipliers of HIV to the general population; linkages among prevention, treatment, and care for both HIV and drug abuse; evidence-based findings on the impact and effectiveness of HIV prevention interventions; and strategies for building an infrastructure and capacity to support multinational research collaborations on HIV prevention among drug users. Members of the GRN also presented paper on ICAAP panels on HIV interventions for drug users, HIV prevention policies, and treatment and care for injecting drug users.