The toolkit provides information and guidance on conducting situation and needs assessments for the prevention and treatment of HIV infection and tuberculosis in prisons, and aims to help governments set more specific targets for achieving the universal access of prisoners to evidence-based HIV prevention, treatment, care and support interventions.
This PEPFAR document serves as an update to the previous policy and technical guidance on the development of HIV prevention-focused programmes for people who inject drugs in an effort to reduce their risk of HIV acquisition and transmission.
This report presents recommendations to governments for legislative and policy reform to strengthen the national response to the HIV epidemic and improve accessibility of evidence-based HIV-related services for people who use drugs and incarcerated people. Further recommendations aim to ensure that UN and other international aid organisations support countries in implementing such reforms.
This regional strategy is a roadmap for Member States, civil society and development agencies on how to successfully address the HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs in Asia and the Pacific.
This briefing paper explores the question of Heroin Assisted Treatment (HAT), examines the growing body of evidence emerging from its clinical use in addiction therapies, and makes recommendations for policy makers.
This magazine features interviews with police officers from South East Europe and Eurasia who express their views on their countries’ law enforcement strategies, which often focus on arresting drug users for possession of small amounts of illegal drugs.
«Руководство по наркополитике» было подготовлено в 2009 году на основе результатов исследований и консультаций экспертов IDPC. Цель «Руководства» – предоставить нашим региональным и национальным партнерам информацию, которую они смогут использовать для анализа национальной наркополитики и соответствующих программ и эффективного взаимодействия с политическими деятелями при их разработке и/или совершенствовании. Информация «Руководства» будет регулярно обновляться, чтобы отразить данные новейших исследований и примеры новых успешных практик в области наркополитики.
This article presents alternatives to traditional targeted enforcement approaches that may have less negative health and social consequences was originally published in 2005 in the International Journal of Drug Policy. It is now available in English, Chinese, Farsi, French, and Russian.
The Global Commission on HIV and the Law was established in 2010 to develop actionable, evidence-informed and human rights-based recommendations to enable effective HIV responses and realize the human rights of people living and most vulnerable to HIV.