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    Regional policy and model legislation to address HIV and AIDS related stigma and discrimination

    Caribbean Community Secretariat, 2010
    This publication, commissioned by CARICOM, is a desk review report of existing legislative frameworks affecting people living with HIV (PLHIV) and their families in eleven countries in the Caribbean.  The study highlights findings around stigma and discrimination and the legal frameworks as presented below:
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    UN drug summit: undo a decade of neglect

    Human Rights Watch, 2009
    UN drug control agencies have paid little attention to whether international drug control efforts are consistent with human rights protections, or to the effect of drug control policies on fundamental human rights. This webpage provides an overview of Human Rights Watch documentation of human rights abuses linked to drug enforcement laws, policies, and practices over the last decade.
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    Harm reduction and human rights: the global response to drug-related HIV epidemics

    International Harm Reduction Association, 2009
    It is estimated that 15.9 million people inject drugs in 158 countries and territories around the world. Despite the proven efficacy of harm reduction interventions and endorsement by the UN bodies, uptake of strategies for harm reduction is inadequate.
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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 Society Institute argues that instead, aggressive drug control policies have led to increased incarceration for minor offenses, human rights violations, and disease.
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    Guidelines for occupational safety and health, including HIV in the health services sector

    US Agency for International Development, 2008
    These guidelines, published by the Ministry of Health of Uganda, recognise that all types of work are hazardous and persons at work are exposed to situations that may result into injury, disease or even death. In Uganda, the authors argue that the health sector is loaded with a wide variety of situations where health and safety issues are crucial.
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    10 key points on HIV/AIDS and the protection of refugees, IDPs and other persons of concern

    United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 2005
    This document, written by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees highlights ten points on HIV and AIDS and the protection of refugees, internally displaced persons and others of concern. The following ten key points are highlighted and each given a more detailed explanation. • Non-discrimination • Access to HIV and AIDS health care
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    HIV and refugees policy brief

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2007
    This policy brief, written by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Joint United Nations programmes on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), outlines the context of refugees and HIV, summarises the policy position of the UNHCR and UNAIDS, and outlines proposed actions for governments, civil society, and international partners.
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    UNHCR, HIV/AIDS and refugees: lessons learned

    Forced Migration Review, 2005
    This document briefly reviews the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) strategic objectives on HIV and AIDS and refugees. The UNHCR advocates that the whole population, including refugees and displaced people, have access to HIV and AIDS prevention and care interventions, and that refugees are integrated into host governments’ HIV and AIDS policies and programmes.
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    Antiretroviral medication policy for refugees

    United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 2007
    This United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) antiretroviral policy is designed to offer guidance to UNHCR and its partners, as well as host governments, on the provision of the different forms of antiretrovirals (ARVs) to refugees.
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    I am at the lowest end of all: rural women living with HIV face human rights abuses in South Africa

    Amnesty International, 2008
    This report from Amnesty International investigates the impact of HIV and AIDS on poor rural women in South Africa, based on interviews with rural women living with HIV.

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