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India: Opioid Substitution Treatment gives "new life" to drug users - a visit to Drug Treatment Centres in Delhi |
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4 September 2012 - Forty-year-old Jameer has been visiting the newly established MMT centre nested in the heart of Sunder Nagri in Delhi. As we walk into the centre, there is a row of drug users waiting to be attended to by the staff. As they wait, an 18-year-old boy is at the nurse's station taking his daily dose of methadone. Methadone is a synthetic opioid, which when administered under medical supervision is very effective in drug dependence Read More ... |
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World AIDS Day 2012Thank you, colleagues of Vienna based organizations! |
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Over 6,500 Euro were raised due to the generous contribution of the UN staff. The funds were donated to the Buddy Verein and AIDS-Hilfe, two Austrian non-governmental volunteer organizations supporting people with HIV. Read More |
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World AIDS Day in Bangkok |
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UN Bangkok staff and visitors celebrated World AIDS Day 2012 with a with a fun quiz contest to test HIV and AIDS awareness. Organized by the UN Cares, jointly with UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Asia and Pacific, the World AIDS Day 2012 quiz show tested UN staff and visitors by asking questions. Read More ... |
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World AIDS Day in Bangladesh |
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Low levels of education and awareness among the prison population makes inmates highly vulnerable to HIV, tuberculosis, hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). To raise awareness among prison inmates on drug abuse, HIV/AIDS and STIs, UNODC together with its project partners Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM), CARE Bangladesh and Khulna Mukti Seba Sangstha (KMSS) has been carrying out - over the last six years - a series of awareness initiatives in prison sites across Bangladesh. Read More ... |
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The Afraye Sabz Association, received prestigious Red Ribbon Award for innovative response to AIDS |
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The Red Ribbon Award is presented every two years at the International AIDS Conference to acknowledge and celebrate outstanding community leadership and action that is helping to stop the spread of HIV and mitigate the impact of AIDS. Read more ... |
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Regional consultation in Kyiv discussed the role of police in HIV responses |
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17 - 18 October 2012, Kyiv. The First Regional Consultation on Enhancing the Role of Law Enforcement in Planning and Implementation of National Responses to HIV/AIDS Epidemics in Central Asia and Eastern Europe took place in Kyiv. Read More ... |
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Kazakhstan increases access to opioid substitution treatment |
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11 October 2012. Astana. The Ministry of Health of Kazakhstan announced the expansion of HIV prevention services for people who use drugs. In an effort to reach a greater number people country-wide, seven new sites providing methadone are scheduled to open on 1 November 2012. The new sites, more than doubling the current number of service points, will enable people who use drugs in the cities of Aktobe, Zhambyl, Uralsk, Karaganda, Kostanai, Semey and Ekibastuz to access life-saving services in their communities. Read More ... |
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Pioneering HIV services for women |
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UNODC supports interventions for women designed and implemented by women. The goal of that gender-responsive HIV work is to provide and improve the quality of prevention, treatment, care and support services for women and girls around the globe; we work towards communities free of violence, stigma and discrimination.
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Nepal: New UNODC study maps female drug use in country |
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7 March 2012 - Although the problem of drug use among women is being increasingly recognized, many related issues have not been studied nor addressed when developing responses to drug use and/or HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment for vulnerable groups. This is partly due to the limited numbers of women drug users and the largely subordinate position of women users in the drug subculture. Read More... |
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30 million at risk for HIV in prisons and other closed settings: How to respond? |
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| Each year over 30 million men and women spend time in prisons and other closed settings; over one-third of them are in pre-trial detention. Virtually these men and women will return to their community, many within a few months to a year. Read More... | ||||
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W4W: Women for Women Study Tour |
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Hands-On Experience: Ukrainian professionals meet their Viennese counterparts while visiting service facilities for people who use drugs In the context of a UNODC project implemented in Ukraine, UNODC headquarters hosted a study tour in Vienna on "Gender-sensitive HIV programmes for highly vulnerable women and girls in Ukraine" from 27 February to 2 March 2012.... Read More |
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Stimulant drugs use and HIV: there is still much to do |
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India: Methadone Maintenance Treatment now available |
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India: Psychosocial care for women in shelter homes - a dire need for trafficking survivors |
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World AIDS Day 2011 around the world |
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Reference Group calls on UN Member States to scale-up evidence-based interventions to address HIV among people who use drug |
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Kenya Government to provide HIV services for people who inject drug |
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Mombasa, Kenya - Government to provide free HIV services for people who inject drugs. Heroin users will soon have access to free HIV prevention and treatment. The Kenyan Government currently takes bold and innovative measures to reduce HIV transmission among risk populations. Read more ... |
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Commission on Narcotic Drugs requests to scale up HIV prevention among people who use drugs |
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Vienna 25 March, 2011 - The United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs at its fifty-fourth session, took note of 2011-2015 UNAIDS Strategy aiming at zero new HIV infections, zero AIDS-related deaths and zero stigma and discrimination. Member States adopted a resolution requesting UNODC to provide advice and guidance on effective measures to scale up HIV prevention for people who use drugs and to reduce stigma and discrimination. Read more... |
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Regional Seminar on Drugs and HIV/AIDS Responses |
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Integrated drug dependence treatment and HIV prevention training |
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First National Correctional System HIV Prevalence study in Indonesia Launched |
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Strategies for "getting to zero" discussed as Commission on Narcotic Drugs opens |
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Harm Reduction Advocacy Programme with Parliamentarians in Indonesia concludes successfully |
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Jakarta (Indonesia), 20 January 2011 - On 14 December 2010, the National AIDS Commission and UNODC held the final roundtable event in a long-running series of a harm reduction advocacy programme with members of Parliament. Read more ... |
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North-East India: HIV and AIDS prevention in prisons takes a significant stride |
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7 December 2010 - The Government of Manipur, one of the eight North-Eastern States of India, joined the international community in the World AIDS Day celebrations on 1st December, by rolling out the State's first comprehensive HIV prevention, care and support programme at the Sajiwa Central Prison. Read More ...
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Asia and the Pacific: UN Regional Task Force meeting on injecting drug use and HIV/AIDS held in India |
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21 Februray 2011 - The UN Regional Task Force (RTF) meeting on injecting drug use and HIV/AIDS for Asia and the Pacific took place on 10 and 11 February 2011 in New Delhi, India. Read More ... |
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World AIDS Day commemorated across the world |
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Vienna, 1 December 2010 the 22nd anniversary of World AIDS Day. The theme for this year is "Universal Access and Human Rights". Commemorating World AIDS Day, a red ribbon illuminated the building of the UNODC office in Vienna to remember those lost to AIDS and to emphasize the importance of human rights for people living with HIV and people at risk of infection. Read more ... |
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Bangladesh: Unveiling the hidden tale of women affected by the drug epidemic |
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Dhaka, 25 November - The launch of the report titled "Female Drug Users and Female Regular Sex Partners of Male Drug Users in Bangladesh". Read more ... |
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Lessons learned from implementing the HIV/AIDS comprehensive harm reduction package in Indonesia |
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Jakarta, 15 November 2010 - Indonesia has made significant headway in addressing HIV prevention amongst drug users for over a decade. Read more ... |
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30 million men and women at risk for HIV every year in closed settings |
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In nearly all countries HIV prevalence in closed settings is particularly high, and higher than in the community, causing serious challenges to governments, non-governmental and international organizations. Close to 6% of male inmates tested at a São Paulo (Brazil) penitentiary, for example, were living with HIV. In several countries of sub-Saharan Africa, more than 20% or 30% of the prison population is living with HIV. Women in prisons are particularly affected by HIV. Read more ... |
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AIDS CONFERENCE 2010The International AIDS Conference is the premier gathering for those working in the field of HIV, as well as policy makers, persons living with HIV and other individuals committed to ending the pandemic. It is a chance to assess where we are, evaluate recent scientific developments and lessons learn, and collectively chart a course forward.
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HAARP: Myanmar Achievements 2009
In 2008, HAARP HIV/AIDS Asia Regional Program, funded by Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), launched projects in China and five countries of South East Asia. This regional program was aimed at reducing the transmission of HIV amongst male and female injecting drug users. The Country Flexible Program (CFP) was contracted to local stakeholders as deemed appropriate. Read more ...
UNODC project to help Afghan drug users goes into action
If the AIDS epidemic is to be successfully challenged more needs to be done to provide comprehensive HIV services for drug users. UNODC has begun supporting implementation of a sub regional initiative to make such services accessible to Afghan refugees who use drugs in Iran and Pakistan, and to Afghan drug users who have returned home. Read more...
Scaling up HIV-related services for Afghan refugees who use drugs
17 March 2010 - Over the years, many Afghans have found themselves caught in the middle of two great, devastating forces: war, which has resulted in displacement on a massive scale, and the drug problem, which in many cases has caught up with those who have fled Afghanistan as they wait, often in refugee camps or makeshift shelters in Iran (Islamic Republic of) and Pakistan, to either return to their homes or start a new life elsewhere. Read more...
Commissioner of correctional services in Swaziland gets tested for HIV
5 March 2010 - Following the presentation of advocacy materials by UNODC to the Swazi correctional services, Commissioner Isaiah Ntshangase said he would like to take a public HIV test. UNODC collaborated with the Correctional Services' committee dealing with HIV and asked Population Services International to do the test since it provides health testing and counselling services. Read more ...
Launch of prison sports tournament
Venue: Matsapha Central Prison 13 February 2010- Patrick Dlamini (UNODC coordinator) discussing a point with Phindile Dlamini (Assistant Commissioner, Administration), while Clifford Vilakati (Assistant Commissioner, Operations) looks on during the launch of the prison sports tournament in Matsapha Prison.The launch was organized by UNODC together with the HIV Committee and the Sports Committee of Matsapha Central Correctional Institution. Read more ...
WORLD AIDS DAY 2009 in Vienna
1 December 2009 - On 1 December people around the world commemorated World AIDS Day, and several hundred colleagues, families, students and diplomats in the Vienna International Centre were no exception. The rotunda was filled with numerous information booths, to include the VIC Joint Medical Services, UN Cares and local NGO's of AIDSHILFE Wien and Buddyverein. Read more ...
HIV prevention, treatment and care among female drug users and women in prisons
22-29 November 2009 - A regional project on HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support for female injecting drug users and women in prison settings has been implemented since 2008 in three countries: Afghanistan, Nepal and Pakistan.The project is funded by Norway. Read more ...
V. Latin American and Caribbean Forum on HIV/AIDS and STD's
The team of UNODC who was present at the forum (staff from Latin America and from HQ) presented the UNODC HIV/AIDS Unit activities at the V Latin American conference on HIV and AIDS. These conferences are taking place every two years and give people the chance to discuss and highlight HIV related issues in that region. About 4000 people attended the conference. UN organizations, Government representatives, NGOs, scientists and networks were present, gave lectures and displayed their material.
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21-23 November 2009, Lima - The FORO 2009 was officially launched by the Minister of Health of Peru, Dr Oscar Raúl Ugarte Ubilluz together with the Minister of Labour, Jorge Elisban Villasante Aranibar, Director of Health Services of Peru, Dr Edward Cruz Sánchez, UNAIDS Regional Director for Latin America, César Antonio Núñez, Mrs. Guiselly Flores Arroyo, representing the Latin American network of people living with HIV, and Dr Jose Luis Sebastian Mesones, Technical Secretariat of the Horizontal Technical Cooperation Group and National AIDS Coordinator from Peru.