Caribbean
Regional Overview
After Sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean is the region of the world most affected by HIV and AIDS. Here, the virus is predominantly sexually transmitted and injecting drug use is rare in much of the region. However, research has highlighted a link between non-injecting drug use and sexual HIV transmission in several Caribbean countries, with HIV… Read more
Injecting Drug Use, HIV and Hepatitis C
The following maps and table outline the current available data on injecting drug use, as well as the prevalence of HIV and hepatitis C among injecting populations in the Caribbean. The map below illustrates HIV prevalence among injecting drug users in countries of the region. The map below illustrates hepatitis C prevalence among injecting… Read more
Harm Reduction Policies
No countries or territories in the Caribbean currently include harm reduction in their national policies on HIV or drugs. *International Harm Reduction Association (March 2009) Harm Reduction Policy and Practice Worldwide: An overview of national support for harm reduction in policy and practice Read more
Harm Reduction Programmes
Key harm reduction interventions (including needle and syringe exchange and opioid substitution therapy) are not available across the majority of countries and territories in the Caribbean, as illustrated in the maps and table below. The response to drugs in this region is overwhelmingly abstinence-focused. Drug use is highly criminalised here… Read more