Kathryn E Lancaster, Melissa Stockton, Molly Remch, C William Wester, Denis Nash, Ellen Brazier, Adebola Adedimeji, Robert Finlayson, Aimee Freeman, Breanna Hogan, Charles Kasozi, Edith Kamaru Kwobah, Jayne Lewis Kulzer, Tuti Merati, Judiacel Tine, Armel Poda, Regina Succi, Christelle Twizere, Mpho Tlali, Per von Groote, E Jennifer Edelman, Angela M Parcesepe
BACKGROUND: Overwhelming evidence highlights the negative impact of substance use on HIV care and treatment outcomes. Yet, the extent to which alcohol use disorder (AUD) and other substance use disorders (SUD) services have been integrated within HIV clinical settings is limited. We describe AUD/SUD screening and treatment availability in HIV clinical sites participating in the International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) consortium. METHODS: In 2020, 223 IeDEA HIV clinical sites from 41 countries across seven geographic regions completed a survey on capacity and practices related to management of AUD/ SUD...
January 15, 2024: International Journal on Drug Policy