Central challenges for Central Asia: Addressing migrants' health in 2016

With the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals, 2016 should be a defining moment for global health and for the response to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic. Not only will the United Nations convene a high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS (acquired immune-deficiency syndrome) to re-commit to a global partnership to end the epidemic, the world will also be reviewing the international drug control regime and the implications it may have on the health of people who inject drugs (PWID), including the HIV, hepatitis C virus (HCV) and tuberculosis (TB) epidemics. This should occur in the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on drugs, with the hope that it will provide the impetus to address these closely interlinked health issues that transcend national borders.

Keep up-to-date with drug policy developments by subscribing to the IDPC Monthly Alert.