Publications on People Who Inject Drugs (PWID)

This book begins with four case studies that examine how policing practices directly impact the lives of people who use drugs.

This study is the fourth round of IBBS conducted among 300 male IDUs in the Pokhara Valley.

This report details the findings of the third round of the IBBS conducted among 300 male IDUs in the Western to Far-Western Terai of Nepal.

This study is the fourth round of IBBS conducted among 300 male Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) in the Kathmandu Valley.

This study presents the findings of the fourth round of the Integrated Biological and Behavioral Surveillance (IBBS) conducted among Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) of the Eastern Terai region of Nepal.

The HIV epidemic in Indonesia is among the fastest growing in Asia, and limited funding is available for HIV/AIDS control.

Sexual risk and STDs are relatively high among injecting drug users (IDUs) in Vietnam. We sought to determine characteristics of sexually active IDUs and correlates of high-risk sexual practices among IDUs in Bac Ninh province in northern Vietnam.

The study is targeted at the strategic decision-making level: - Are current responses effective and cost-effective? - What is the scale-up perspective?  - Priority Setting of Injecting Drug User (IDU) interventions in Asia

Thailand's longstanding HIV epidemic among injection drug users (IDU) has been attributed, in part, to the Thai government's unwillingness to implement evidence-based HIV prevention interventions. This study was undertaken to examine risk factors for syringe borrowing among a community-recruited sample of Thai IDU.

Avert Society has been conducting BSS in seven priority districts of the Maharashtra state since 2004 and completed Wave V in 2009.