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AIDS | Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
ART | Antiretroviral therapy |
BBV | Blood-borne virus |
CPT | Centre for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
DSM | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |
EMCDDA | European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction |
HBsAg | Hepatitis B surface antigen |
HBV | Hepatitis B virus |
HCV | Hepatitis C virus |
HIV | Human immunodeficiency virus |
ICD | International Classification of Diseases |
IDU | Intravenous drug users |
IEC | Information, education and communication |
ILO | International Labour Organization |
LGBT | Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender |
MDR | Multidrug-resistant TB |
MMT | Methadone Maintenance Treatment |
NGO | Non governmental organization |
NSP | Needle and syringe programme |
OST | opioid substitution therapy |
PEP | Post-exposure prophylaxis (for HIV) |
PNSP | Prison (or other closed setting) needle and syringe programme |
PWID | People who inject drugs |
RCT | Randomised controlled trial |
ST | Substitution Treatment |
STI | Sexually transmitted infection |
TB | Tuberculosis |
UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
UNAIDS | Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
UNODC | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |
WHO | World Health Organization |
WMA | World Medical Association |
XDR | Extensively drug-resistant TB |