FEAD – Film Exchange on Alcohol & Drugs

National survey of hepatitis C services in prisons in England published >>

23rd July 12 – The first dedicated survey of hepatitis C services in prisons in England shows that diagnosis and treatment for chronic hepatitis C infection is available to prisoners in most prisons in England

Measuring Subjective Wellbeing in the UK, First Annual ONS Experimental Subjective Well-being Results >>

23rd July 12 –  Measuring Subjective Wellbeing in the UK, First Annual ONS Experimental Subjective Well-being Results: This article will present estimates of subjective well-being from the first annual experimental Annual Population Survey (APS) Subjective Well-being dataset for April 2011 to March 2012.

10 steps to an Aids-free generation >>

23rd July 12 – The UK has one of the lowest HIV rates for this group (2.5 per cent of HIV-positive people) because of harm-reduction programmes such as needle exchange. In countries with no or few such initiatives, such as Russia, nearly half of all people living with the virus contract it from injecting drugs.

Active injecting drug users must be provided with adherence support when they start HIV therapy >>

22nd June 12 –  It is well recognised that active injecting drug use is associated with poorer responses to HIV therapy. However, the impact of specific patterns of injecting on the chances of virological suppression is poorly understood.

Therefore, investigators from Vancouver designed a longitudinal study involving 267 people with a history of drug use who started HIV therapy for the first time between 1996 and 2008.