Bleak Outlook for Global Fight Against HIV/AIDS Among Drug Users
Despite declarations that we are within touching distance of eradicating HIV/AIDS, without a more concerted effort and further investment in combating the disease among injecting drug users this will never become a reality, a recent report has outlined.
11 Aug 2014Despite declarations that we are within touching distance of eradicating HIV/AIDS, without a more concerted effort and further investment in combating the disease among injecting drug users this will never become a reality, a recent report has outlined.
In 2011, The White House boldly declared that for AIDS, it was the “beginning of the end”. Such rhetoric is becoming increasingly familiar, seen recently at the 20th International AIDS conference in Melbourne in July, when in his opening address Michel Sidibé, executive director of UNAIDS, called foran end to AIDS by 2030. Here, UNAIDS presented the conference with their recent publication, The Gap Report, where they state their commitment to “leaving no one behind”.
Yet, looking specifically at global efforts to tackle HIV/AIDS among injecting drug users (IDUs), it is all too apparent that this goal may be unachievable, as there appears to be a disconnect between what multinational organizations claim they can accomplish, and what the situation is in reality; one that is marked by a lack of investment and is on the brink of deterioration if certain issues are not addressed.
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