Developed jointly by UNODC and INPUD, in collaboration with other partners, the guidance document Implementing Comprehensive HIV Programmes with People who Inject Drugs: Practical Approaches from Collaborative Interventions – otherwise known as the Injecting Drug User Implementation Tool (IDUIT) – was published in 2016. It describes how to implement effective programmes and services for HIV and HCV prevention interventions for and with people who inject drugs (PWID).
The IDUIT is based on previously published United Nations (UN) guidance documents, mainly the WHO/UNODC/UNAIDS Technical Guide for Countries to Set Targets for Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment and Care for Injecting Drug Users (rev. 2012) and the WHO Consolidated Guidelines on HIV Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment and Care for Key Populations (rev. 2016).
In addition to the nine key interventions of the WHO/UNODC/UNAIDS Comprehensive Package for HIV and PWID, it includes prevention and management of overdose and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). The IDUIT also covers critical enablers, strategies, activities and approaches to increase the accessibility, acceptability, coverage, quality and uptake of interventions and services for key populations.
