A recent study attributes the deterioration in self-reported health, compared to the pre-crisis era, to the worsening of mental health associated with the economic downturn, rather than to its direct impact health care access (Vandoros et al., While the number of new HIV infections related to drug injection continued falling across Europe, Greece is among the few countries where this downward trend was interrupted in 2010 (EMCDDA, 2013). Overall, Karanikolos et al. (