 It's the beginning of another workday in New Delhi's bustling Kotla Mubarakpur market, and among the busiest lanes is "Nashewali Gali" — "Addiction Alley" in Hindi.Men sidle down the lane, an infamous hangout for addicts, to a sparsely furnished whitewashed room that's become a front line in India's battle against the spread of the deadly HIV virus.There, protected from prying eyes by a striped curtain strung across the open door, addicts young and old exchange dirty needles for clean ones.Such programs are common, if controversial, in many parts of the world. But they are just beginning to take off in India, where most anti-HIV efforts largely focused on promoting safe sex among high-risk groups such as sex workers, truckers and migrant laborers, with an emphasis on distributing condoms and encouraging their use....
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