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This report presents the findings of an opium risk assessment carried out in Afghanistan and focuses on the trends of opium cultivation in different provinces of the country.
The National AIDS Control Support Project aims to reduce new HIV infections by expanding the coverage of prevention interventions to high risk groups over the next five years.
The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of drug policies on young people who use drugs through questionnaires, and to make recommendations for the improvement of drug policy for young people.
The consultant will be responsible for conducting a regional mapping exercise that covers 8 countries in Asia. The deadline for applications is 19 April 2013.
ANPUD finds a recent attempt to advocate for compulsory “rehabilitation” centres founded on faulty arguments and dubious research that poses a direct threat to the human rights of people who use drugs and the dignity of society at large.
State-inflicted violence against women who use drug starts to draw more attention at international high-level meetings, as was the case in March, where two sessions addressed the issue.
The cultivation of drugs is a sign of poverty rather than a sign of wealth. Rather than a “war,” the treatment of the drug problem must be approached as development, security and health issues, the panelists of the workshop “Drugs and Development: Punishing the Poor” said.
The course aims to situate drug policies globally within a framework of human rights, and to assess the extent to which country and international drug policies fail to meet human rights standards.
The International HIV/AIDS Alliance is seeking a Senior Policy and Programme Adviser: Harm Reduction Advocacy to play a lead role in the planning, development, technical oversight and delivery of a new three-year harm reduction advocacy programme. This position will be based in the UK as part of...
On January 22 – 24, 2013 in the Indian state of Bihar, India HIV/AIDS Alliance conducted training on Harm Reduction for 76 participants (Project Officers, Female Outreach Workers, Female Peer Educators and Peer Counsellors) from 15 Non-Governmental Organizations working with people who inject...
The UNODC supported Drop-in-centres in Meghalaya offer gender specific services to female injecting drug users and female sex partners of male injecting drug users.
This study evaluates the quality and effectiveness of the medication-assisted therapy (MAT) pilot in Kazakhstan and review implementation context and related challenges.
Human Right centres and drugs users in India demanded to the Government standards for evidence-based, voluntary treatment for drug dependence, monitor centres and more government facilities to manage drug addiction.
Drug dependency is a growing problem in Thailand and Southeast Asia. The UN must continue working to reduce dependence and treat those dependent on harmful drugs with dignity and respecting their right to health.
