Showing 918 news articles about Harm reduction

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Harm reduction programmes and practices aim to reduce the harms associated with drug use. These include needle and syringe programmes, opioid substitution therapy, drug consumption rooms and overdose prevention.

Hepatitis C treatment

Practical steps to eliminating hepatitis C: a consensus for London

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London Joint Working Group on Substance Use and Hepatitis C
17 November 2014
People who inject drugs

More naloxone programmes to prevent the increasing opiate-overdose deaths in England are ungently needed

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International Doctors for Healthier Drug Policies
11 November 2014
Harm reduction

Addiction services in England: in need of an intervention

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The Lancet Psychiatry
10 November 2014
Harm reduction

Official drug advisers reject time limit on methadone substitution for addicts

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The Guardian
6 November 2014
Hepatitis C symptoms & diagnosis

Half of people with hepatitis C unaware

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Public Health England press release
5 November 2014
Drug policy & policing

No link between tough penalties and drug use - UK government report

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BBC News
31 October 2014
Drug policy & policing

The mind-bending politics of drugs

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Conservative Home
31 October 2014
Hepatitis C transmission & prevention

Opioid Maintenance Therapy Linked to Lower Hepatitis C Rates for People Who Inject Drugs

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HIVandhepatitis.com
29 October 2014
People who inject drugs

Female drug users in Georgia face barriers to access therapy

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The Lancet
17 October 2014
Harm reduction

UK: Funding cuts for drug and alcohol treatment

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Russell Webster (blog)
17 October 2014
Global health initiatives

Russia's harm reduction programs threatened by want of funds

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Global Fund Observer
25 September 2014
HIV prevention policy

Why Are HIV Rates So High in Russia?

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International Business Times
16 September 2014
Harm reduction

World Leaders Call For Ending Criminalization of Drug Use and Possession and Responsible Legal Regulation of Psychoactive Substances

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Global Commission on Drug Policy
10 September 2014
Harm reduction

Tips for supplying foil

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Injecting Advice
9 September 2014
People who inject drugs

UK: Serious concerns expressed by DrugScope over sharp increase in drug related deaths

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DrugScope (press release)
4 September 2014
Harm reduction

Healthcare workers worry injecting heroin is on increase in South Africa

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Groundup
2 September 2014
Finance & funding

Global Fund Investment Guidance for Eastern Europe and Central Asia

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Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
21 August 2014
People who inject drugs

Experts Say Russia Not Ready to Fight HIV

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The Moscow Times
20 August 2014
Harm reduction

UK: Heroin addicts to be given free foil to help them kick their habit

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The Independent
8 August 2014
Harm reduction

Australia's success in methadone treatment could guide Russia, UN says

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The Guardian
24 July 2014
Hepatitis C treatment

Opioid Therapy No Bar to Novel HCV Drugs

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MedPage Today
24 July 2014
Harm reduction

The moment that stunned Q&A’s AIDS audience

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The New Daily
23 July 2014
Discrimination & the law

In The HIV Response, Who is ‘Hard to Reach’?

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Human Rights Watch
23 July 2014
Harm reduction

IDU and HIV in the Middle East: a brief window of opportunity?

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BMJ Group blogs
22 July 2014