Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is
severely understudied despite the region's increase in new HIV infections since 2010. A key
population that is particularly affected, due to the lack of adequate knowledge and proper
interventional implementation, includes people who inject drugs (PWID). Furthermore, the
paucity of HIV data (prevalence and trends) worsens an already critical situation in this
region. A scoping review was conducted to address the scarcity of information and to …

… Although People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) are disproportionately affected, the exact
extent to which the PWID population is impacted by HIV has only been speculated. We
present our findings from a scoping review of PWID in MENA that highlights the significant
challenges that exist with HIV surveillance for this population within this region. Methods:
For this scoping review, we searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane library, Web of science (all
databases), Global Health, APA PsycINFO, Gideon, and CINAHL for scientific publications …