Averting an HIV Epidemic Fueled by Injection Drug Use -- Tanzania Model Presented in Vienna by Yovin Ivo Laurent of the Tanzanian DCC

Pangaea co-sponsored a satellite session this morning in Vienna entitled, “Gender inequities and HIV among women who inject drugs.”  Pangaea CEO Ben Plumley moderated the session that included a presentation by Megan Dunbar, Pangaea’s VP of Research and Programs, Yovin Ivo Laurent of the Tanzanian Drug Control Commission, and Dr. Doug Bruce, Pangaea's Lead Harm Reduction Consultant. 

Pangaea is currently providing technical assistance to the Tanzanian government in the development of a comprehensive HIV treatment and prevention program for injection drug users ( IDUs) in Tanzania and Zanzibar that will result in the first methadone clinics on the African continent starting up in Dar es Salaam later this year.