Kostyantyn Dumchev

TL;DR: A global multistage systematic review of sharing of equipment used for injecting drug use (IDU) identified evidence of IDU in more countries than in 2008, with the new countries largely consisting of low-income and middle-income countries in Africa.

TL;DR: Country-level, regional, and global estimates of coverage of NSP, OST, HIV testing, ART, and condom programmes for PWID remain poor and are likely to be insufficient to effectively prevent HIV and HCV transmission.

TL;DR: Although, globally, 39.2% of people with recent injecting drug use are living with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and 8.5% of all HCV infections occur globally among people with recently injected drug use, there is wide variation among countries and regions.

TL;DR: In this article, a systematic review and meta-analysis of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) incidence studies published between Jan 1, 2000, and June 13, 2017 was conducted to assess whether homelessness or unstable housing is associated with an increased risk of HIV or HCV acquisition compared with those who are not homeless or are stably housed.

TL;DR: Evidence is provided that a flexible, scalable intervention increases ART and MAT use and reduces mortality among PWID and the feasibility of a future randomised controlled trial is assessed.