High Coverage Sites: HIV Prevention Among Injecting Drug Users in Transitional and Developing Countries: Case Studies

UNAIDS commissioned this report to investigate programs and sites in low-income and transitional countries which were regarded by international authorities as ‘high coverage sites,’ where more than 50% of injecting drug users had been reached by one or more HIV-prevention interventions. The most significant finding is that high-level coverage can be attained by interventions addressing HIV among injecting drug users in developing and transitional countries. The seven case studies each include a description of the development of the programs and features of the services provided, an estimation of program coverage, factors that enabled high coverage, and a discussion of ways to maintain and expand coverage.