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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.

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
Harm reduction

Michel Kazatchkine: 24 hours in Bucharest

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Huffington Post
15 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
Chemsex & recreational drug use

Men attending group sex 'slam parties' don’t all use or inject drugs

News
3 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
Chemsex & recreational drug use

It starts with you

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QX
27 September 2013
Chemsex & recreational drug use

NICE consultation on harm reduction for people who inject drugs - recommends services for people using steroids and image-enhancing drugs

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NICE press release
26 September 2013
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

Making treatment as prevention a reality for people who inject drugs

News
26 September 2013
Harm reduction

Analysis: In search of less a deadly syringe

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IRIN
12 September 2013
Chemsex & recreational drug use

Adult content warning: Gary tells DirtyBOYZ about his Party Times

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David Stuart
12 September 2013
PrEP

Why PrEP isn’t just a “Biomedical” intervention

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Incidence0
9 September 2013
Harm reduction

IDPC Briefing Paper - HIV prevention among people who use drugs in East Africa

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International Drug Policy Consortium
3 September 2013
Harm reduction

Drug addiction not a criminal issue, says chief medical officer

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The Guardian
19 August 2013
Chemsex & recreational drug use

HIV Protein Boosts Cocaine's Effect

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Scientist
16 August 2013
People who inject drugs

High prevalence of heart rhythm disturbance among HIV-positive people on methadone maintenance therapy

News
13 August 2013
Epidemiology & behaviour

$25m to stem rise in HIV in Australia

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Sydney Morning Herald
12 August 2013
People who inject drugs

Don’t treat heroin and opioid addiction as short-term conditions: paper

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Global News
7 August 2013
Harm reduction

HIV and the potential collapse of the Malaysian fishing industry

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Astro
6 August 2013
People who inject drugs

Identifying a Monitor for Viet Nam’s Drug Treatment Centres Becomes a Condition of Global Fund Support

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Global Fund Observer
5 August 2013
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

Op-ed: Are You Responsible for My HIV?

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Advocate.com
5 August 2013
Global health initiatives

Building drug detention center monitoring into Viet Nam’s grant terms, Global Fund takes step to address human rights concerns

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Science Speaks
2 August 2013