How can a normal person get HIV infection if he is in the habit of taking drugs?
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People who inject drugs (also known as PWID) are among the groups most vulnerable to HIV infection. It is estimated that people who inject drugs are 22 times more likely to acquire HIV than among the rest of the population.1 Drug use now accounts for an ever-growing proportion of those living with HIV. On average one in ten new HIV infections are caused by the sharing of needles.2 Moreover, it is estimated that 25% of new infections outside of sub-Saharan Africa are among injecting drug users.3 It is thought that there are approximately 11.8 million people who inject drugs worldwide, and 13.1% of them are thought to be living with HIV.4 Three countries account for nearly half of all people who inject drugs globally - China, Russia and the United States of America (USA).5