Public injecting and its association with mental health and other drug-related outcomes among people who inject drugs in Iran.

Background: Injecting in public places may increase the risk of drug and health-related harms among people who inject drugs (PWID). We examined the prevalence of public injecting and associations with non-fatal overdose, needle/syringe sharing, sexual health, and mental health among PWID in Iran.

Methods: Using respondent-driven sampling, we recruited 2684 PWID from 11 major cities between July 2019 and March 2020.

The HIV treatment cascade in people living with HIV in Iran in 2014: Mixed-method study to measure losses and reasons.

The study assessed the HIV treatment cascade of people living with HIV (PLWH) in Iran and the reasons for gaps in HIV services in 2014. We did the cascade analysis using the WHO HIV test-treat-retain cascade analysis tool (2014). To measure the gaps, we check the records for all PLWH reported to the national HIV surveillance till September 2014 to define how many were alive, linked to HIV care, assessed for CD4 count, started antiretroviral therapy (ART), and reported to be alive up to five years after ART.