Acceso a jeringas estériles entre los jóvenes de Madrid y Barcelona que se inyectan drogas y su asociación con las prácticas de riesgo

TL;DR: Recent data, both global and at the European and Spanish levels, about the epidemiological situation of HIV infection among IDUs, and the state of development of harm-reduction programmes are presented to serve as a call to avoid complacency with regard to the diversification, accessibility and coverage of Harm- and risk-red reduction programmes for IDUs.

TL;DR: The introduction of the virus in drug injector networks during a period of widespread diffusion of heroin injection and the lack of political awareness of the growing problem were 2 important factors that contributed to the important diffusion of the HIV infection among Spanish injection drug users.

TL;DR: It is unlikely that sufficient syringes are available to ensure access to clean needles and prevent HIV transmission, and measures should be taken to expand syringe distribution to Montreal IDUs.

TL;DR: Street needle sellers are an important source of needles for drug injectors, and few injectors appear able to determine whether these needles are clean, and individual sealing of diabetic syringes may reduce the risk of blood-borne infections by enabling both drug injector and patients with diabetes to better judge the sterility of the needles they purchase.

TL;DR: It is concluded that exclusive use of the NEP (no relay) provides greater HIV protection than NEP use involving syringe relay, and NEPs should broaden their education efforts to have participants understand the value of repeated visits to the N EP.