In May 2013, the Global Fund said its support for services provided at the drug treatment centres depended on setting up the process to independent NGO to monitor them. As the Vietnamese government failed, it will cease its funding.
This pilot programme aims to promote early intervention in overdose management and to encourage people dependent on drugs to access treatment programmes.
Long-term compulsory rehabilitation cannot be justified on the grounds of effectiveness or ethics. The practice has also been associated with a number of human rights violations.
This study analyses the specific Dutch situation as regards a decrease in homelessness among problematic hard-drug users and the increasing focus on physical health in low-threshold addiction care centres.
This conference will focus on the nature of drug use with both public health implications and opportunities for effective harm reduction interventions.
