Structural Intervention, a Strategy to Tackle the Global Challenge of the Dual Epidemics of HIV and Injecting Drug Use  

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Nasir, Sudirman

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah nasional - terakreditasi DIKTI
Dalam koleksi: Global & Strategis vol. 4 no. 1 (2010), page 015-028.
Topik: HIV; IDU; Dual Epidemics; Vulnerabilities; Harm Reduction; HIV Structural Intervention
Fulltext: Structural Intervention-SA.pdf (206.07KB)

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The dual epidemics of human immune deficiency virus (HIV) and injecting drug use are threatening many countries and causing social sufferings worldwide, particularly among poor and marginalized people in developing countries in Eastern Europe, Central, South and Southeast Asia. In many countries in these regions most HIV infections are transmitted through unsafe or risky drugs injecting practices such as the sharing of needles and other injecting equipment. By critically reviewing the existing literatures, this article describes that the dual epidemics of HIV and injecting drug use (IDU) is a global challenge and should be best tackled through structural intervention. HIV structural intervention focuses not merely on biomedical determinant of HIV but also addresses its social determinants i.e. the underlying factors that increase people’s vulnerability for HIV infections such as economic inequality, poverty, social exclusion, stigma and discrimination. The existing HIV prevention programs in developing countries, including Indonesia, should be more cognizant to the structural and cultural context hindering people’s capabilities to apply safer practices. Additionally, HIV and AIDS prevention programs should be complemented with broader community development to create enabling environment for vulnerable people to protect themselves and others from HIV infection.

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