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At what cost? HIV and human rights consequences of the global "war on drugs"
Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2009
A decade after governments worldwide pledged to achieve a 'drug-free world', there is little evidence that the supply or demand of illicit drugs has been reduced. This digital book from the Open So...
Civil society perspectives on HIV/AIDS policy in Nicaragua, Senegal, Ukraine, the United States, and Vietnam
Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2007
This report from the Open Society Institute examines groups that are excluded or marginalised from the design, implementation, and evaluation of national HIV/AIDS policies and programmes due to stigma...
Between law and society: paralegals and the provision of primary justice services in Sierra Leone
Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2006
This paper argues that paralegals are a crucial component in helping the poor access legal services and if paralegal programmes are well adapted to the contexts in which they work, they have the po...
Transparency & silence: a survey of access to information laws and practices in fourteen countries
H. Darbishire;T. Carson / Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2006
The ability of citizens to request and receive information on the workings of their government is crucial to ensure transparency and accountability. This report provides a snapshot on the state of ...
Monitoring school dropouts: Albania, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Mongolia, Slovakia, and Tajikistan
Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2007
This document investigates the issues behind drop out rates in Albania, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Mongolia, Slovakia and Tajikistan. It specifically aims to answer the questions who are the children that...
"Routinizing" HIV testing in low- and middle-income countries
R Jürgens / Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2007
This discussion paper from the Public Health Programme of the Open Society Institute (OSI) examines the issues associated with scaling up access to HIV testing. It finds that developing provider-initi...
Ensuring justice for vulnerable communities in Kenya: a review of HIV and AIDS–related legal services
K. Kallah;J. Cohen / Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2007
This paper documents an assessment of HIV-related legal services in Kenya. It focuses on identifying immediate opportunities for establishing programs to ensure access to justice, through community-ba...
Saving lives by reducing harm: HIV prevention and treatment for injecting drug users
Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2006
This report from the International Harm Reduction Development Programme at the Open Society Institute argues that HIV infection is spreading rapidly among intravenous drug users (IDU) because of a lac...
Leaving a legacy of transparency in Nigeria
Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2007
This policy brief discusses the recent transparency measures in the oil and gas sector in Nigeria. The brief argues that as Nigeria enters its 2007 elections, outgoing President Olusegun Obasanjo has ...
Closed to reason: the International Narcotics Control Board and HIV/AIDS
J Csete; D Wolfe / Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2007
This report from the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network and the Open Society Institute argues that the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) has become an obstacle to effective programmes to treat...

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