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News and information about HIV in injecting drug users. The criminalisation of drug use and the marginalisation of drug users contribute to vulnerability to HIV.

Social & legal issues

When fear of being criminalized locks out healthcare

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IRIN
28 November 2013
Bad science & bogus treatments

Claim of ‘Self-Inflicted’ H.I.V. in Greece an Error, W.H.O. Says

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New York Times
26 November 2013
Harm reduction

Greece sets up first 'drug consumption' center

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Ekathimerini
26 November 2013
Bad science & bogus treatments

Rush Limbaugh Promotes A New Myth: Greeks Gave Themselves HIV For Welfare Money

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Media Matters
26 November 2013
Harm reduction

The Media Needs to Stop Stigmatizing Our Best Weapon Against Heroin Addiction

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New Republic
22 November 2013
Epidemiology

Ahead of World AIDS Day 2013 UNAIDS reports sustained progress in the AIDS response

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UNAIDS
20 November 2013
Harm reduction

Harm reduction works: extremely low HIV incidence over almost 20 years among people who inject drugs in Australia

News
15 November 2013
Access to healthcare

New Publication Highlights Realities of Access to HIV Drugs and Other Essential Medicines for Key Populations Globally

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Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF)
8 November 2013
HIV prevention policy

The HIV rebound nobody is discussing

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PBS NewsHour
6 November 2013
Hepatitis C symptoms & diagnosis

Need for expansion of hepatitis C screening among veterans, 'baby-boom' generation and pregnant women highlighted

News
4 November 2013
HIV prevention policy

Could concentrated HIV epidemics make AIDS unbeatable?

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Reuters
4 November 2013
Harm reduction

Harm reduction should appeal to pragmatic concerns - vein care, preventing painful injections, avoiding risk of withdrawal

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
4 November 2013
Harm reduction

Drug rooms: Admirers eye Copenhagen model

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BBC
30 October 2013
Retention & linkage to care

Social problems and drug and alcohol problems common among people who develop AIDS despite long-term HIV care

News
25 October 2013
Harm reduction

Tel Aviv and Bucharest signal warnings of new HIV epidemics among people who inject drugs

News
22 October 2013
HIV prevention policy

Eastern Europe facing quadruple epidemic while governments do nothing, warns UN Special Envoy

News
16 October 2013
People who inject drugs

Compulsory detention for drug use undermines treatment in Laos

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IRIN Plus News
11 October 2013
Harm reduction

Let’s reject shooting galleries! (Yes to Drug Consumption Rooms)

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Global Platform for Drug Consumption Rooms
10 October 2013
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

From Russia with love: Anti-gay legislation has inadvertently caused a public health crisis

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Al Jazeera
8 October 2013
Harm reduction

Injectable opioid treatment for chronic heroin addiction more cost-effective than oral methadone

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King's College London press release
3 October 2013
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

Making treatment as prevention a reality for people who inject drugs

News
26 September 2013
Epidemiology

Late HIV diagnosis continues to be a Europe-wide problem

News
20 September 2013
Harm reduction

Analysis: In search of less a deadly syringe

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IRIN
12 September 2013
PrEP

Why PrEP isn’t just a “Biomedical” intervention

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Incidence0
9 September 2013