One of the frequently overlooked costs of the war on drugs is its negative impact on the environment – mainly resulting from aerial spraying of drug crops in ecologically sensitive environments such as the Andes and Amazon basin.
O relatório revê os progressos feitos até ao final de 2010 na intensificação do acesso a intervenções do sector da saúde para a prevenção, tratamento, cuidados e apoio do VIH em países de baixo e médio rendimento.
El informe presenta los progresos realizados hasta fines de 2010 en la mejora del acceso a las intervenciones en salud para la prevención, el tratamiento y la atención del VIH en países de ingresos bajos y medios.
To mark World AIDS Day, Youth RISE has released a short animation video that highlights the vulnerability of young people who use drugs to HIV and solutions for mitigating the spread of HIV among these youth.
Para marcar o Dia Mundial da SIDA, a Youth RISE lançou um pequeno vídeo de animação que realça a vulnerabilidade dos jovens que usam drogas para o VIH e soluções para abrandar a disseminação do VIH entre esses jovens.
This paper seeks to analyse the content and implications of resolution 52/1 of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs of the United Nations (UN) titled ‘‘Promoting international cooperation in addressing the involvement of women and girls in drug trafficking, especially as couriers’’.
The project's goal was to implement the effective harm reduction services for female injecting drug users and improve the quality of female IDUs’ lives, as measured by their own reports. The International HIV/AIDS Alliance adopted an approach that recognized gender roles and gendered socialization in the drug using culture and in the society without reinforcing stereotypes about women or about female IDUs.
East Asia and South-East Asia are major centres for the illicit manufacture of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS). There has been a significant expansion in the manufacture, trafficking and use of methamphetamines in the past five years. This, plus the increasing involvement of transnational organized criminal groups in the ATS drug trade pose a growing threat to security and public health in the region, warns a report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
This brief seeks to bring attention to policies, laws and practices that undermine the rights of women who use drugs, and to promote the realisation of their human rights in terms of an effective harm reduction response to HIV.
Este documento procura chamar a atenção para as políticas, leis e práticas que minam os direitos das mulheres que usam drogas e promover a concretização dos seus direitos humanos em termos de uma resposta efectiva de redução de riscos para o VIH.
This report concludes that dependent individuals should always be cared for and treated without being stigmatised, whatever their particular circumstances.
