This report outlines interventions for tackling hepatitis C in drug injecting populations in Europe and the surrounding area. These approaches are detailed in the context of the major common challenges faced across the region in addressing hepatitis C in drug injecting populations.
With some unlikely people now receptive to the idea that it would be good to imprison fewer people, a new book looking at failed experiments in criminal justice over the past decade or so is well timed.
Drawing upon independent evaluations and interviews conducted with 13 key stakeholders in 2007 and 2009, this paper critically analyses the criminal justice and health impacts against trends from neighbouring Spain and Italy. It concludes that contrary to predictions, the Portuguese decriminalisation did not lead to major increases in drug use.
This paper discusses the “substance-oriented approach” Dutch authorities implemented to to scare off potential small-scale cocaine smugglers. The focus was on the drugs, rather than the couriers, and on incapacitating the smuggling route, rather than deterrence by incarceration.
In August 2009, the Argentina Supreme Court declared legislation criminalizing drug possession for personal consumption as unconstitutional. This briefing discusses the background of that decision, the small steps taken since, but argues that there is still much to do before a genuine reform agenda can be implemented.
К сожалению, даже тогда, когда лечение с помощью программ метадоновой или бупре- норфиновой терапии доступно, его не могут получить многие из тех, кому оно принесёт пользу. Одна из причин – это множество требований, включая ограничения на допуск в программы,ограниченные часы работы, списки очередников, громоздкие требования к выписке и хранению препаратов, что затрудняет пациентам доступ к лечению. Данная публикация рассматривает низкопороговые метадоновые и бупренорфиновые программы, то есть программы, стремящи- еся, согласно философии снижения вреда, работать с пациентами на «их территории» и свести бюрократические процедуры к минимуму.
The Eurasian Harm Reduction Network position is based on an evidence-informed approach and promotes the respect, observance and protection of human rights.
The GIPA (Greater involvement of people living with HIV) Good Practice Guide contains information, strategies and resources to support programme officers in enabling meaningful involvement of people living with HIV in new and existing HIV programmes.
The Guide aims to support the scale up of community-based HIV and harm reduction programmes in developing and transitional countries. It looks at practice and research and also sets out an approach to programming at the community level where communities are fighting poverty, rapid social change, inequality and sometimes restrictive political cultures.
This document, prepared by overdose experts Matt Curtis and Nab Dasgupta for OSI and EHRN, presents evidence and arguments that organisations can make to AIDS funders to show that overdose prevention and response matter for HIV programming.