title: Promoting Global Health - Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse and HIV in Asia.
abstract: This special issue contains 20 papers including 3 Perspectives, 1 Brief Report, 6 Invited Reviews, and 10 Original Articles, which highlight the work by presenters at the second meeting of the biennial Conference Series to Promote Global Health held on April 22-24, 2015 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. These papers focused on the prevalent substance misuse of amphetamine-type-stimulants and opioids, and the increasing prevalence of HIV-infection in Asian countries. The Conference Series is sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, with the goal of exchanging knowledge and ideas related to, and promoting international collaborative work on, the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders and HIV-infection, in order to promote health in Asian and Pacific Islanders and other populations.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.|Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
authors.forename: Ming D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Yih-Ing
authors.initials: YI
authors.lastname: Hser
authors.affiliation: AIDS Institute and Department of Microbiology, Research Center for Infection and Immunity, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhiwei
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine (Neurology), John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii and the Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, HI, USA. lchang@hawaii.edu.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-1267-0699
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003226:Congresses as Topic / Q000639:trends*; D014943:Global Health / Q000639:trends*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D054577:National Institute on Drug Abuse (U.S.) / Q000639:trends*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Global health; HIV; Substance use disorders