African Journal of Drug and Alcohol Studies (200+ pages, 10 articles)  Volume 5, Number 2  , has posted online an issue, providing a compilation of the peer-reviewed literature documenting the existence of injection and non-injection drug use, and the misuse and abuse of alcohol, and their links to HIV transmission in the region.

The papers report and review the findings of research from seven countries—Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia—and documents the proceedings of two meetings on alcohol and HIV risk behaviors recently held in the region.

Collectively, the articles draw attention to substance abuse in sub-Saharan Africa and its potential to contribute to the spread of HIV/AIDS.

The issue, which should  inform policy and programs addressing drug- and alcohol-related HIV risks,  is available:

The issue, which should inform policy and programs addressing drug- and alcohol-related HIV risks, is available:

http://www.sahealthinfo.org/admodule/journal52006.htm

Including:

• Substance use and HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: introduction to the special issue
• Heroin use in Kenya and findings from a community based outreach programme to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS
• The injecting drug use and HIV/AIDS nexus in the Republic of Mauritius
• Drug use and HIV infection in Nigeria: a review of recent findings
• HIV and substance abuse: the dual epidemics challenging Zanzibar
• Risk behaviour and HIV among drug using populations in South Africa substance abuse, HIV risk and HIV/AIDS in Tanzania
• Three-country assessment of alcohol-HIV related policy and programmatic responses in Africa
• Report of first Pan African consultation on alcohol policy and its significance for the region
• Summary of the proceedings of meeting on ‘alcohol, HIV risk behaviours and transmission in Africa: developing programmes for the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)’