Injecting drug users
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- Changes in sexual behaviour lead to spread of HIV in China
- ( J. Watts / The Lancet , 2008)
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This report from The Lancet focuses on the spread of HIV in China. Findings show that heterosexual sex has overtaken intravenous drug use as the main route of HIV transmission, with many new cases ...
- Vulnerability to HIV infection has not been sufficiently addressed, particularly for marginalised populations
- ( 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...
- Gender discrimination leaves women drug users in Asia at greater risk of HIV infection
- ( P. Tanguay / Exchange , 2007)
- This article from Exchange argues that women drug users in Asia have a higher risk of HIV infection than their male counterparts. The article draws on research from a range of Asian countries which sh...
- Successes, failures and challenges in the global effort to provide HIV treatment
- ( World Health Organization , 2007)
- This progress report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) shows a steady increase in the global levels of access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for people living with HIV. However, it shows less ...
- Listening to the voices of women living with HIV and drug use
- ( International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS , 2007)
- This report from the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) presents the experiences of a group of women living with HIV who also use drugs and alcohol. The women who took part in...
- World Bank HIV projects failing to achieve their goals in Latin America
- ( W. Roseberry / International HIV/AIDS Alliance , 2007)
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This study from the International HIV/AIDS Alliance (the Alliance) reports that over half of World Bank-funded HIV prevention projects in Latin America and the Caribbean are failing to achieve thei...
- Harm reduction is the only effective approach to HIV prevention among 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...
- UN drugs body is obstructing HIV prevention work
- ( 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...
- UK supports harm reduction strategies to prevent HIV
- ( Department for International Development, UK , 2005)
- This statement, from the government of the United Kingdom, outlines its position on harm reduction. The effectiveness of harm reduction in preventing HIV infection among injecting drug users (IDUs),...
- The needs of female injecting drug users need to be addressed in Bangladesh to prevent an HIV epidemic
- ( T. Azim; E. Chowdhury; M Reza; M.| Ahmed / Harm Reduction Journal , 2007)
- This study, published in the Journal of Harm Reduction, examines the risks and vulnerability to HIV of female injecting drug users (IDU) in Bangladesh. The study looked at 130 female IDUs, of which 82...
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