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.
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Turning the tide for women and girls who use drugs in Afghanistan
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In most countries, ensuring availability and accessibility of HIV services to women is challenging. In Afghanistan, one of the world's the most difficult and demanding development environment, making services and prevention commodities available to women and girls who use drugs demands a daily dose of courage from both the implementers and the women and girls accessing the services.
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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.
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