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HIV high on the agenda at the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

At the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, which is running from 11-15 March, drug use and HIV will be addressed through a number of channels, including a draft resolution calling for the intensification of efforts to reduce HIV to attain the targets of the 2011 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS.

Published
13 March 2013
From
UNAIDS
Injecting drug users
Heroin and crack use 'plummeting'

The number of heroin and crack users in England is "plummeting", according to the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse.

Published
06 March 2013
From
BBC Health
Tuberculosis and HIV
Managing tuberculosis in people who use and inject illicit drugs

The prevention, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis among people who use illicit drugs have been neglected and require immediate attention. Open dialogue on policy in this area should be encouraged, and a coordinated programme response from stakeholders working in prisons and in harm reduction, HIV infection, hepatitis and tuberculosis services should be sought.

Published
04 February 2013
From
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Hepatitis C transmission and prevention
Spread of hepatitis C pinpointed

Scientists say they have, for the first time, worked out the pattern of spread of hepatitis C, showing that early diagnosis is key to halting epidemics.

Published
01 February 2013
From
BBC Health
Recreational drug use
Is London’s gay scene self-harming through sex and drug use?

David Stuart of gay men's drug project Antidote discusses increases in the use of methamphetamine and mephedrone in London's gay scene and an increased tendency to inject them.

Published
24 January 2013
From
Pink News
Injecting drug use
Better Syringe Designs Could Nearly Eradicate Global Annual HIV Infections from Syringe Sharing Within Eight Years

Switching the type of syringe used by people who inject drugs could help curb HIV transmission in countries with injection-driven epidemics within eight years, according to a new article which summarizes existing evidence regarding how low dead-space syringes can help reduce HIV transmission and estimates potential impacts on HIV transmission among people who inject drugs.

Published
16 January 2013
From
Newswise (press release)
Policy
Greece HIV Remedies Hit as Crisis Threatens Drug Curbs

Greece’s efforts to control its debt crisis threaten to hobble the fight against an outbreak of HIV that has become the largest among drug users in the European Union.

Published
09 January 2013
From
Bloomberg
Injecting drug users
Rising Death in the Streets of Athens: The Human Toll of the Greek Tragedy

As Greece enters its third year of financial crisis, economic hardship and despair is fraying the country's social fabric. "The economic crisis has affected dramatically the lives of all Greeks, but people who use drugs were the hardest hit", says Charalampos Poulopoulos, director of the Therapy Center for Dependent Individuals (KETHEA).

Published
07 January 2013
From
Huffington Post
Injecting drug use
Naloxone Is Cost-effective Way to Prevent Heroin Overdose Deaths

Distributing naloxone more widely to heroin users would reduce the number of deaths due to overdose and would be a cost-effective intervention, according to a mathematical model described in the January 1, 2013,Annals of Internal Medicine. Providing naloxone to prescription opiate users would prevent even more deaths.

Published
04 January 2013
From
HIVandHepatitis.com
Finance and funding
Health officials tell Greece to act fast to control HIV

A spiraling outbreak of HIV in debt-stricken Greece could run out of control unless urgent action is taken, European health officials said on Friday.

Published
01 December 2012
From
Reuters
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