Ahead of the May 2018 Global Fund Board meeting, Harm Reduction International urges Board members to support changes to the Eligibility Policy that will help to achieve the goal of ending AIDS for people who inject drugs and other key populations.
Research concludes it is a complementary activity in the family farming economy, providing a source of income that sustains often precarious economies.
Findings suggest that piloting four sites could prevent up to 130 overdose deaths and save up to $7 million annually while connecting individuals at risk of overdose to a host of harm reduction, drug treatment, and health care services.
This paper seeks to contribute to understanding of existing policies related to harm reduction in Cambodia, as well as the challenges to and opportunities for improvement in order to reduce the health and socio-economic harms associated with drug use.
This Paper provides an analysis of critical public health problems for the Philippine prison population, in relation to HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C (HCV), and offers recommendations
for addressing these ‘twin epidemics.’
Release and the National Union of Students (NUS) explores students' attitudes to and experience with drugs in the UK, takes stock of educational and related institutional responses and provides recommendations for improvement.
WOLA and AIN document progress in Bolivia, but warn about the risk of reversal without the enactment and implementation of broader judicial reform efforts.
A chapter within the bulletin highlights how the Bolivian policy provides insight into the benefits of a sustainable livelihood approach to supply-side drug crop control without forced eradication.
IDPC and MUCD provide an overview of the key models of regulation and offer general recommendations to improve public policies in areas where legislation is already in place and to improve decision-making in countries where reform is pending.
The Conclusions endorse harm reduction interventions and urge member states to undertake criminal justice reform that involves alternatives to incarceration/conviction for non-violent drug offences.
The need for policy reform, attitudinal and cultural shifts and development of stronger cross-sectoral partnerships is highlighted, to ensure a rational and logical approach that genuinely tackles drug policy-making and strategy from a broad public health perspective.
This paper identifies key barriers and novel approaches to harm reduction for people who use stimulant drugs, and makes recommendations on the way forward.
