As a result of the Ukrainian Ministry of Health Resolution No. 634, the level of criminalisation of users of the most wide-spread illicit injection drugs has been increased 20-fold. This new resolution, along with other recent developments, threatens harm reduction efforts to contain the HIV epidemic in a country where injecting drug use is the key driver of HIV.
As a result of the Ukrainian Ministry of Health Resolution No. 634, the level of criminalisation of users of the most wide-spread illicit injection drugs has been increased 20-fold. This new resolution, along with other recent developments, threatens harm reduction efforts to contain the HIV epidemic in a country where injecting drug use is the key driver of HIV.
As a result of the Ukrainian Ministry of Health Resolution No. 634, the level of criminalisation of users of the most wide-spread illicit injection drugs has been increased 20-fold. This new resolution, along with other recent developments, threatens harm reduction efforts to contain the HIV epidemic in a country where injecting drug use is the key driver of HIV.
The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, and his wife, Ban Soon-taek, visited Cambodia's first methadone maintenance therapy clinic on 28 october in central Phnom Penh as part of a two-day visit to the Kingdom.
The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, and his wife, Ban Soon-taek, visited Cambodia's first methadone maintenance therapy clinic on 28 october in central Phnom Penh as part of a two-day visit to the Kingdom.
The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, and his wife, Ban Soon-taek, visited Cambodia's first methadone maintenance therapy clinic on 28 october in central Phnom Penh as part of a two-day visit to the Kingdom.
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The IDPC Monthly Alert is now available in English, French and Spanish. The Alert contains news items, updates on pulications and upcoming events related to drug policy. Subscribe now!
The IDPC Monthly Alert is now available in English, French and Spanish. The Alert contains news items, updates on pulications and upcoming events related to drug policy. Subscribe now!
The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, and his wife, Ban Soon-taek, visited Cambodia's first methadone maintenance therapy clinic on 28 October in central Phnom Penh as part of a two-day visit to the Kingdom.
Throughout November 2010, the Transnational Institute has conducted a community-based study and review of the cultivation, trade and use of kratom. The study has found little evidence of harms related to either eating or drinking kratom.
This is a call for submission for the first Regional Dialogue for the Asia-Pacific region, which will take place on 24-25 February 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand.