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Injecting drug use
Drugs policymakers of the 1980s knew the score

This is not the time to undermine harm reduction strategies such as the needle exchange programme, bravely, and surprisingly, initiated by Thatcher and her Tory government.

Published
18 June 2013
From
The Guardian
Health services and systems
Austerity cuts to Spanish healthcare system are 'putting lives at risk'

A series of austerity reforms made by the Spanish government could lead to the effective dismantling of large parts of the country's healthcare system, with potentially detrimental effects on the health of the Spanish people, according to new research from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

Published
18 June 2013
From
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
Treatment guidelines
Early Treatment May Do More Harm Than Good in Poor Regions

While U.S. treatment guidelines recommend universal HIV treatment, the benefits of such a policy may not outweigh the costs in resource-poor global areas. Three researchers from Johns Hopkins University published a paper in Clinical Infectious Diseases, arguing that the limited scope and inconsistent availability of antiretrovirals (ARVs), as well as diminished laboratory monitoring capacity, prompt ethical considerations about applying U.S. treatment standards to impoverished countries at this time.

Published
18 June 2013
From
AIDSMeds
Behaviour change interventions
Ugandan mHealth initiative increases 'promiscuity'

A mobile phone-based health programme designed to improve access to sexual health information and boost safe sex in rural central Uganda had the opposite effect, according to the findings of a Yale University study published in May.

Published
18 June 2013
From
IRIN Plus News
Injecting drug use
Libya's “growing” drugs/HIV problem

Doctors in Libya say they are seeing a “growing” number of patients with drug problems and a corresponding risk of HIV infection, in a post-Gaddafi era marked by limited law enforcement and government capacity.

Published
17 June 2013
From
IRIN
PrEP
HIV drug discovery puts licensing pressure on govt

A breakthrough joint medical study on an anti-Aids drug by the US and Bangkok City Hall has highlighted the need to address again the problem with health costs and, more importantly, the politically toxic issue of compulsory licensing.

Published
17 June 2013
From
Bangkok Post
PrEP
Beyond the Hype: PrEP for People Who Inject Drugs

While the results of the Bangkok Tenofovir Study are striking, so is the difficulty of assessing the relevance of these clinical trial results for most of the world.

Published
17 June 2013
From
Huffington Post
Sex workers
HIV Prevention For Female Sex Workers Dramatically Reduces Sexually Transmitted Infections In India

Thirteen years of peer-based, HIV prevention programs for female sex workers reduced both HIV and syphilis in young pregnant women from southern India.

Published
17 June 2013
From
Medical Daily
Injecting drug users
Investing in harm reduction––sound economic sense

Spending money on harm reduction programmes for people who use drugs not only is a good investment but it also saves lives. This was the conclusion drawn at a meeting entitled Economics and financing of effective harm reduction strategies in the context of HIV which took place on the side-lines of the International Harm Reduction Conference held in Vilnius, Lithuania from 9-12 June.

Published
17 June 2013
From
UNAIDS
HIV prevention policy
Malaysia makes progress against HIV, but challenges remain

Malaysia has taken great strides in tackling HIV - needle exchange has been widely accepted by Islamic leaders as a necessity to preserve life. However, there are more delicate issues surrounding HIV prevention including the use of condoms outside of marriage, especially by men who have sex with men and sex workers.

Published
14 June 2013
From
The Lancet
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