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This poster is part of the New York State Department of Health's "It Takes Two" mpox campaign.

This video discusses how any new prisoner to the country’s 17 penitentiaries sees a psychiatrist, a doctor and if needed is offered to join a treatment programme. Comprehensive harm reduction services not only include drug dependence treatment but also needle syringe exchange and HIV testing and treatment. HIV prevalence is 11% among people who inject drugs in Moldova vs 0.36% among the general population.  They are one of the most affected groups in the country. UNAIDS, UNODC and WHO have been long-time supporters of expanding these services to all prisons.

This factsheet discusses how it is estimated that on any given day, there are at around 11 million people in prison. Prisons and other closed settings have a high prevalence of HIV, hepatitis B and C and tuberculosis (TB) infections.

This video discusses how Daouda Diouf comes daily to the Fann Hospital compound daily in Dakar, Senegal. He is one of 250 people enrolled in CEPIAD’s opioid substitution therapy programme (OST). OST is a globally recognized intervention to reduce injecting behaviors that put people who inject drugs at risk of contracting HIV and other blood-borne diseases, such as viral hepatitis.

May is Hepatitis Awareness Month (HAM) and May 19th is Hepatitis Testing Day. Use the following social media toolkit to amplify hepatitis awareness!

An infographic from HepVu on Hepatitis A.

An infographic from HepVu on Hepatitis B.

An infographic from HepVu on Hepatitis C.

This poster is part of the New York State Department of Health's "Know The Skin You're in" mpox campaign.

This poster is part of the New York State Department of Health's "Know The Skin You're in" mpox campaign.