International Harm Reduction Conference 2013 - Making the case for needle and syringe programmes in prisons
Vilnius
, 12 June - Yesterday delegates attending the 2013 Harm Reduction Conference were convened to a satellite session organized by UNODC. The session, entitled
"Needle and syringe programme in prisons: 20 years of evidences, 20 years of advocacy - It's time to scale-up!" was chaired by Mr. Rick Lines, Executive Director of Harm Reduction International. It highlighted the need for such programmes and the criteria for efficacy and success. A panel of stakeholders enabled participants to explore, from various perspectives, the practical aspects of programme implementation.
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Ms. Irina Teplinskaya, Andrey Rylkov Foundation For Health and Social Justice
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Strategic investments are pivotal to curb HIV epidemics among people who inject drugs
Vilnius, 12 June - Yesterday, following the International Harm Reduction Conference plenary focussing on the cost-effectiveness, in an effort to further the discussion, UNODC, the World Bank, UNAIDS, WHO, and the Global Fund to fight TB, HIV, and Malaria, organized a side event entitled
"Economics and Financing of effective Harm Reduction Strategies in the context of HIV".
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Vilnius
, 11 June 2013 - Yesterday, in the margins of the 2013 Harm Reduction Conference, UNODC convened delegates to take a look at where we stand in Asia before this 50% reduction target. The well-attended session entitled
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HIV among people who inject drugs in Asia: Is the region on track with meeting global commitments on reducing HIV transmission?" was chaired by Dr. Monica Beg, UNODC HIV Section Chief a.i .
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Mr. Luke Samson, Asian Harm Reduction Network
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Satellite sessions
Monday 10 June - 17:30 to 19:30 at the Epsilon room
HIV among people who inject drugs in Asia Is the region on track with meeting global commitments on reducing HIV transmission?
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Tuesday, 11 June - 17:30 to 19:30 at theRadisson Blu Lietuva, Delta Sky Room
Needle and syringe programme in prisons:
20 years of evidences, 20 years of advocacy: It's time to scale-up! Read more - See the satellite session flyer
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Moldova
focused on getting results: Training of 50 on "Case Management Approach to Opioid Substitution Therapy"The UNODC Project Office in Moldova, in cooperation with the Pompidou Group / Council of Europe, organized training on Case Management Approach to Pharmacotherapy with Methadone in Moldova on April 15-17 2013. The training was conducted in the context "
UNODC-OFID
Partnership on Effective HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care among Vulnerable Groups in Central Asia and Eastern Europe
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Participants, included narcologists, psychologists, university lecturers and social workers
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HIV high on the agenda at the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
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"HIV transmission through injecting drug use continues to be one of the main unresolved challenges of the international community. Widespread stigma, discrimination and lack of access to evidence-informed HIV services are among the key challenges" Yury Fedotov, UNODC Executive Director.
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India: Empowering vulnerable women to take care of their right to health
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| Over the last few years, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has been supporting comprehensive HIV prevention services for female injecting drug users and female partners of male drug users in the North East of India, in the context of a joint UN programme.
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Sri Lanka: Promoting voluntary HIV counselling and testing in prisons
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| On September 26, in Sri Lanka, prison authorities together with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime launched a behaviour change communication (BCC) toolkit aimed at carrying out focused HIV prevention activities in prisons across the country. A behaviour change communication toolkit is a specialized tool that is used to alter behaviour patterns amongst a certain target group. The recently launched toolkit
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