Congress has reinstated a ban on federal funding for syringe exchange programs, despite the fact that these programs dramatically reduce HIV infections. In the midst of the fiscal crisis, states will have no choice but to cut lifesaving measures.
Posts Tagged “drug users”
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For many people living with HIV, the risk of overdose presents a more imminent threat than AIDS-related illness. Despite this fact, donors and governments are slow to adopt overdose prevention measures as part of their AIDS programs. It's time for a wake-up call.
Posted in: Asia, Europe, Health, United States
Topics: Canada, China, drug treatment, drug users, Global Fund, harm reduction, HIV/AIDS, naloxone, overdose, PEPFAR, public health, Roxanne Saucier, Russia, UNAIDS, United States, UNODC, Vietnam, World Health Organization
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Light of Hope, a harm reduction organization in Ukraine, is using media to advance the health and rights of marginalized groups, including people who use drugs and people living with HIV and Hepatitis.
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A regional AIDS conference in South Korea saw protesters arrested after peacefully protesting limits on generic anti-retroviral treatment and HIV positive activists turned away at the airport because of their status.
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Access to naloxone, an antidote to opiate overdose, is not only saving lives around the world but also giving drug users hope for a second chance.
Posted in: Africa, Asia, Europe, Health, Latin America & the Caribbean, Middle East, United States
Topics: #OD11, Azadeh Momenghalibaf, Drug Policy Alliance, drug users, Eurasian Harm Reducation Network, harm reduction, Harm Reduction Coalition, I'm the Evidence Naloxone Works, opiates, Overdose Awareness Day, Roxanne Saucier, video, Xin Deming
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On World Hepatitis Day, civil society groups are asking the World Health Organization to help save lives by demanding less expensive hepatitis C treatment medicines.
Posted in: Asia, Europe, Health
Topics: access to medicines, Azadeh Momenghalibaf, civil society, drug users, Georgia, harm reduction, Hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS, human rights, India, Indonesia, Margaret Chan, public health, Thailand, Ukraine, Vietnam, viral hepatitis, World Health Organization, World Hepatitis Day
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Although hepatitis C is curable, most patients outside of the developed world are unable to access treatment, due largely in part to prohibitive pricing of lifesaving medicines.
Posted in: Asia, Europe, Health, United States
Topics: access to medicines, Azadeh Momenghalibaf, Brazil, drug users, Georgia, harm reduction, Hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS, human rights, India, Indonesia, public health, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, Ukraine, United States, video, World Health Organization, World Hepatitis Day
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Cambodia's new drug law has human rights groups concerned that the country's abusive practices toward drug users will intensify.
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Over the past decade, governments have increasingly turned to arbitrary detention, cruelty, and even torture in order to combat drug abuse.
Posted in: Asia, Europe, Health, Latin America & the Caribbean, Rights & Justice, United States
Topics: Cambodia, Campaign to Stop Torture in Health Care, China, drug detention, drug policy, drug treatment, drug users, forced labor, harm reduction, HIV/AIDS, human rights, international justice, Mexico, public health, Roxanne Saucier, Russia, torture, war on drugs
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In Thailand, the drug war has failed to stem the spread of HIV among injection drug users. New video testimony suggests harm reduction services are needed instead.