Stakeholder Summary >> Kyrgyzstan, Review Documentation, 21st session, January 2015

JS8 noted the low prevalence of HIV. It stated, however, that there had been rapid growth in the number of new HIV infections. It noted Kyrgyzstan’s progressive approach to the prevention of the spread of HIV/AIDS by introducing such preventive measures among drug users as opioid substitution therapy and needle and syringe exchange programs, including in prisons. JS8 noted, however, that the record keeping system for drug users, including in substitution therapy programs, was a constraint to people seeking medical care or opioid substitution therapy. Opioid substitution therapy patients were frequently exposed to illegal detention and other human rights violations. [Para 71]