Showing 916 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.

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UK government shelves plans for 'abstinence-based' drug strategy

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The Guardian
9 December 2010
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UK government proposes to scrap need for scientific advice on drugs policy

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The Guardian
6 December 2010
People who inject drugs

US funds Hanoi’s new methadone, HIV clinics

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Thanh Nien News
4 December 2010
Epidemiology & behaviour

Three-fold rise in HIV-hit in Punjab in 3 yrs

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Times of India
3 December 2010
People who inject drugs

EU drugs agency launches new guidelines for HIV testing in injecting drug users

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European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)
3 December 2010
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Needle exchange in Iran

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New York Times
30 November 2010
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International Harm Reduction Association draws the UN's attention to Singapore's drug policies

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IHRA
26 November 2010
People who inject drugs

Red Cross scolds 'failed' HIV policy among nations

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Miami Herald
26 November 2010
People who inject drugs

The Beginning of the End for the War on Drugs?

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Human Rights Watch HIV/TB
21 November 2010
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Conservative party ideologues have rewritten the history of harm reduction

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The Guardian
18 November 2010
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English drug addicts spurn shooting up

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National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse
12 November 2010
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Injection Drug Use Fuels Black HIV Rates in the US: Why Don't We Talk About It?

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Black AIDS Institute
11 November 2010
People who inject drugs

Swiss drug policy should serve as model: experts

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Reuters
26 October 2010
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Supervised injecting sites an issue in Toronto mayoral election

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Xtra!
20 October 2010
People who inject drugs

Call to change methadone use law

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BBC Health
7 October 2010
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Why do people share injecting equipment?

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Injecting Advice
6 October 2010
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Supervised injection facilities can help people quit drugs, study shows

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Science Daily
13 September 2010
People who inject drugs

What Britain could learn from Portugal's drugs policy

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The Observer
5 September 2010
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International AIDS Society calls for an end to harassment, intimidation and imprisonment of HIV professionals

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International AIDS Society
3 September 2010
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A Failed "War on Drugs" Prompts Rethinking on HIV Infections among Injection-Drug Users

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Scientific American
25 August 2010
People who inject drugs

The Lancet: HIV in people who use drugs

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Moreover.com HIV/AIDS feed
31 July 2010
Drug policy & policing

Abandoning moralistic war on drugs becomes centrepiece of AIDS meeting

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Moreover.com HIV/AIDS feed
21 July 2010
People who inject drugs

New PEPFAR guidance authorises funding for needle exchange and wide range of services for people who inject drugs.

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PEPFAR
19 July 2010
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Limits to methadone prescription proposed by UK drugs agency

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The Guardian
19 July 2010