Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of mortality among people who use drugs and are living with HIV.23 One of the high-risk groups for the spread of tuberculosis are people who use drugs. Based on the limited data available from studies in Europe, Asia and the Americas,24 the prevalence of tuberculosis among PWID is estimated at approximately 8 per cent (median prevalence based on 23 studies) with a range from 0.2 per cent to 66 per cent. People who use drugs are often socioeconomically disadvantaged and vulnerable to poverty, homelessness and malnutrition.