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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, 2009A 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 Society Institute argues that instead, aggressive drug control policies have led to increased incarceration for minor offenses, human rights violations, and disease.OrganisationSHARAN
SHARAN's pioneering and progressive initiatives in drug treatment , using the philosophy and methodology of harm reduction activities, began with its drop in center in the Nizammudin basti inDocumentUnderstanding positive women's realities: Exchange Autum 2006
Exchange on HIV/AIDS, Sexuality and Gender, 2006This issue of Exchange, produced in association with the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW), focuses on the experience of women living with HIV. The issue focuses particularly on sexual and reproductive rights.DocumentMissing the target: off target for 2010: how to avoid breaking the promise of universal access
International Treatment Preparedness Coalition, 2006This report, from the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC), follows on from a 2005 study that explored specific barriers and potential solutions to AIDS treatment delivery in six countries. This report finds some progress but argues that a lack of national leadership and slow implementation of reforms continues to prevent treatment delivery.DocumentMaximizing resources to meet client needs: evaluation of a comprehensive HIV/AIDS care and support model in India
Horizons, 2004This report, from the Horizons Project, provides findings from an assessment of the YRG CARE (Y.R. Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education) model in Southern India.DocumentReducing maternal and neonatal mortality in the poorest communities
British Medical Journal, 2004This article from the British Medical Journal (BMJ) asserts that current safe motherhood and newborn care programmes, which emphasise skilled attendance and institutional delivery, are failing to reach the poorest populations. This is because the poorest mothers are more likely to deliver at home than in a health facility.DocumentHIV/AIDS treatment and prevention in India: modeling the cost and consequences
Health, Nutrition and Population Division, Human Development Department, World Bank, 2004The report from the World Bank analyses three alternative plans for using and financing antiretroviral therapy (ART) in India: a minimally interventionist plan to strengthen the private sector’s ability to manage ART; a moderately interventionist plan to provide free ART to HIV-positive pregnant women; and a more generous plan to finance ART for the poorest 40 percent of all Indians with HIV infecDocumentFuture forsaken: abuses against children affected by HIV/AIDS in India
Human Rights Watch, 2004This Human Rights Watch report documents discrimination against HIV/AIDS affected children and highlights the failure of the Indian government to protect such children from abuses. The report finds that widespread discrimination in education, health and care is increasingly pushing children affected by HIV/AIDS onto the streets and into the worst forms of child labour.DocumentAdolescent and youth reproductive health in the Asia and Near East Region: status, issues, policies, and programs
Policy Project, Futures Group, Washington, 2004This paper presents the findings of a series of assessments of adolescent and youth reproductive health conducted by the Policy Project in 13 countries in the Asia and Near East (ANE) region.DocumentWill Balbir Pasha get AIDS?: case study: an innovative approach to reducing HIV/AIDS prevalence through targeted mass media communications in Mumbai, India
Population Services International, 2003This paper reports on the experience of a communication campaign executed by Population Services International in Mumbai, India between November 2002 and February 2003 as part of an integrated behaviour change HIV/AIDS prevention program entitled 'Operation Lighthouse'.Pages
