Local data for local programming: Results from an HIV biobehavioral survey among people who inject drugs in Livingstone, Lusaka, and Ndola, Zambia, 2021
Awareness of HIV status was low among PWID living in Livingstone, Lusaka, and Ndola, Zambia. Treatment and VLS progress were lacking in Lusaka and Ndola as well with Lusaka showing the least progress toward all three UNAIDS targets. Our site-level findings highlight critical gaps in PWID-specific HIV awareness, treatment, and VLS status in three major urban areas in Zambia that limit progress toward HIV epidemic control in this hard-to-reach population.
Authors
- Andrea A. Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9650-2093)
- Giles Reid (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1699-4324)
- Shepherd Khondowe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6882-2065)
- María Lahuerta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9748-9273)
- Anne F McIntyre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6611-9002)
- Hiwote Solomon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9125-5217)
- Innocent C. Bwalya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2313-3928)
- Daniel Woytowich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7808-2208)
- Kelvin Kapungu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1852-7543)
- Brave Hanunka
- Ray Handema (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3757-5738)
- Joyce J. Neal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0013-0206)
- Lophina Chilukutu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4285-4293)
- Leigh Tally (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3004-6742)
- Lauren Parmley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5119-5811)
- Tepa Nkumbula
- Avi J. Hakim
- Hannah Chung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9463-3591)
- Neena M. Philip (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5816-8197)
- Jonas Z. Hines (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4877-0333)
- Lloyd Mulenga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1044-4209)
- John Mwale
- Melvin Mwansa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-4574)
- Kennedy Mutale
- Lazarus Chelu
- Chipili Mulemfwe
Institutions
- Ministry of Health (ZM)
- University of Zambia (ZM)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (UG)
- National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council (ZM)
- Tropical Diseases Research Centre (ZM)
- ICAP Global Health
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-05-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323919
- Primary Topic
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief