Exploring the Use of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV Prevention Among High-Risk People Who Use Drugs in Treatment. Shrestha R, Copenhaver M. Front Public Health. 2018 Jul 13;6:195. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00195. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.g…

Impact of Direct-Acting Antivirals on the Burden of HCV Infection Among Persons Who Inject Drugs and Men Who Have Sex With Men in the Swiss HIV Cohort Study. Salazar-Vizcaya L, Wandeler G, Fehr J, Braun D, Cavassini M, Stoeckle M, Bernasconi E, Hof…

Potential impact of implementing and scaling up harm reduction and antiretroviral therapy on HIV prevalence and mortality and overdose deaths among people who inject drugs in two Russian cities: a modelling study. Cepeda JA, Eritsyan K, Vickerman P…

Access to opioid agonist therapy in Russia: time for reform. Zelenev A. Lancet HIV. 2018 Jul 19. pii: S2352-3018(18)30170-X. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(18)30170-X. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(18)30170-X/fulltext

HIV treatment in pregnancy. Bailey H, Zash R, Rasi V, Thorne C. Lancet HIV. 2018 Aug;5(8):e457-e467. doi: 10.1016/S2352-3018(18)30059-6.  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(18)30059-6/fulltext

Methadone Lowers HIV Transmission in Injection-Drug Users AMSTERDAM — When injection-drug users living with HIV have easy access to methadone-maintenance therapy, the risk for transmission of the virus is reduced, results from a longitudinal…