HIV Risk Among Injectable Drug Users Impacted by Diversity
HIV Risk Among Injectable Drug Users Impacted by Diversity
- As people who inject drugs (PWID), the 1139 patients covered by the study are in an at-risk population for HIV infection. According to the Joint United Nations Program on HIV and AIDS, just 0.4% of people ages 15 to 49 years are infected with HIV, but among PWID, the HIV infection rate is 11%.
- As people who inject drugs (PWID), the 1139 patients covered by the study are in an at-risk population for HIV infection. According to the Joint United Nations Program on HIV and AIDS, just 0.4% of people ages 15 to 49 years are infected with HIV, but among PWID, the HIV infection rate is 11%.