This seminar, organised by UNODC and the Colombian Ministry for Social Protection, will provide a space for national and international experts to reflect issues related to drugs and HIV, in order to draft a joint agenda with short, medium and long-term actions to prevent, treat and reduce the impact of drug injection on HIV and public health in Colombia.
The Open Society Institute's International Harm Reduction Development Program (IHRD) developed Methadone Man and Buprenorphine Babe to help raise awareness about the glaring lack of access to these lifesaving drugs.
This session will explore the evidence behind the need to reduce the use of pretrial detention according to human rights standards in order to deliver effective HIV prevention and treatment.
The XV11 International AIDS Conference will take place in Vienna in July of this year. Rights Here, Right Now emphasizes that concrete human rights measures need to be in place to protect those most vulnerable to and affected by HIV, especially women and girls, people who use drugs, migrants, prisoners, sex workers, men who have sex with men, and transgender persons.
The Human Rights March and Rally on July 20 will be a historic event where thousands will join in solidarity with human rights defenders around the world. The March and Rally is an opportunity for all people whose human rights are affected by HIV to make their voice heard.
This workshop will teach basic techniques of preventing and recognising overdose and will train participants how to teach opiate users and their community to respond effectively with naloxone; it will examine best practices of integrating overdose response into the work of harm reduction and AIDS service organisations; and we will discuss how addressing this major cause of death can have an impact on increasing the effectiveness of HIV programming.
Compulsory centres for drug users are plagued with high relapse rates and high financial and human costs that burden the State, the overall community and drug users and their families alike. The approach creates a dangerous ‘revolving door’ for drug users, and is an obstacle to achieving Universal Access.