Less discrimination, better services, more support for PLHIV using drugs

According to MENAHRA, this is what we can do to improve adherence to tratment and access to services:

Awareness raising and training on: positive health impacts of early detection and routine screening among family members; harms related to drug use; importance of support for PLHIV; availability of harm reduction and HIV services; rights of PLHIV and PWUD; stigma and discrimination for health care providers; Promotion of: availability of services among health care providers and PLHIV; harm reduction strategies for behavior change; routine testing of other infectious diseases included within package of harm reduction and healthcare services; anti-discrimination strategies and laws; Service development through: integration of harm reduction services within healthcare package of services; increasing OST availability and coverage; providing HIV testing for all partners and children of newly diagnosed people; increasing availability of condoms and needles/syringes in harm reduction and other health programs; involving PLHIV who use drugs in programming and decision making; Accountability and support through establishing: complaint mechanism for rights violations and mistreatment; support system for regular follow-up of beneficiaries in healthcare settings; Evaluation and research through: service quality assessments; population size estimates to inform program development.