Publications

The HIV work of the Office is based on a variety of guiding documents, including the resolutions, UN System Position Papers, Declarations, policy briefs and many others. UNODC also publishes technical documents such as toolkits, discussion papers, best practice documents, etc.

New Publications

The latest joint WHO, UNODC and UNAIDS guide is out!   Guide to Starting and Managing Needle and Syringe Programmes

 

Other relevant UNODC - HIV publications

E-Library

Visit the first effort to provide a collection of available documents, resolutions, position papers, reports and tools and guidelines developed by WHO, UNODC and UNAIDS on the issue of harm reduction and HIV prevention and care for injecting drug users and prisoners.

  E-LIBRARY

UNODC publications and joint publications: Injecting drug use

• A "step-by-step" algorithm for the procurement of controlled substances for drug substitution treatment
• Advocacy guide: HIV/AIDS prevention among injecting drug users
• Position paper: Substitution maintenance therapy in the management of opioid dependence and HIV/AIDS prevention
• Reduction of HIV transmission through drug-dependence treatment
• Provision of sterile injecting equipment to reduce HIV transmission
• Reduction of HIV transmission through outreach
• Antiretroviral therapy and injecting drug users

UNODC publications and joint publications: Prison settings 

• Reduction of HIV Transmission in prisons
• HIV and Prisons in sub-Saharan Africa: Opportunity for action
• ADVANCE COPY  HIV/AIDS in places of detention: A toolkit for policy makers, managers and staff

• HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care, Treatment, and Support in Prison Settings. A Framework for an Effective National Response
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Evidence for Action Technical Papers -  Intervention to address HIV in prison

 

 

• Drug Dependence Treatments ( English - Russian)
• Needle and Syringe Programmes and Decontamination Strategies ( English - Russian)
• HIV Care, Treatment and Support ( English - Russian)
• Prevention of Sexual Transmission ( English - Russian)

 

 

  

UNAIDS and other relevant UN documents 

Injecting drug use

• Policy and programming guide for HIV/AIDS prevention and care among injecting drug users
• Training Guide for HIV Prevention Outreach to Injecting Drug Users
• Evidence for Action: Effectiveness of Community-Based Outreach in Preventing HIV/AIDS among Injecting Drug Users (WHO)
• Evidence for Action: Effectiveness of sterile needle and syringe programming in reducing HIV/AIDS among injecting drug users (WHO)
• Rapid Assessment and Response Guide on Injecting Drug Use (IDU-RAR)
• Rapid Assessment and Response Guide on Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behaviour (SEX-RAR)

Prison settings

• UNAIDS - Prison and AIDS
• WHO guidelines on HIV infection and AIDS in prison

Other guiding documents

• Intensifying HIV Prevention UNAIDS policy position paper
• UNAIDS Technical Support Division of Labour
• Global Task Team on Improving AIDS Coordination Among Multilateral Institutions and International Donors
• New Data on Male Circumcision and HIV Prevention: Policy and Programme Implications

 Relevant resolutions of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

• 2002 Resolution 45/1  Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the context of drug abuse
• 2003 Resolution 46/2 Strengthening strategies regarding the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the context of drug abuse
• 2004 Resolution 47/2 Prevention of HIV/AIDS among drug users
• 2005 Resolution 48/12 Expanding the capacity of communities to provide information, treatment, health care and social services to people living with HIV/AIDS and other blood-borne diseases in the context of drug abuse and strengthening monitoring, evaluation and reporting systems
• 2006 Resolution 49/4 Responding to the prevalence of HIV/AIDS and other blood-borne diseases among drug users 

 Resolution of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council

• Resolution 2004/35 Combating the spread of HIV/AIDS in criminal justice pre-trial and correctional facilities
• Resolution 2006/22 Providing technical assistance for prison reform in Africa and the development of viable alternatives to imprisonment

 Political Declaration of the General Assembly

• 2001 - UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS): Declaration of Commitment
• 2006 - UN General Assembly High Level Meeting 2006: Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS (60/262)