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Marijuana: Information Sheet for professionals
STOP AIDS NGO, Albania, 2011
The Information Sheet on Marijuana for Professionals developed by STOP AIDS NGO – ALBANIA covers such topics as appearance of Marijuana, methods of use, drug class, route of administration, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, effects, side effects and health risks, tolerance, dependence and withdrawal effects, etc.
 
Nurses release paper on harm reduction and illegal drugs
Canadian Nurses Association, 2011
The Canadian Nurses Association - a federation of 11 provincial and territorial nursing associations and colleges has published a discussion paper entitled Harm Reduction and Currently Illegal Drugs: Implications for Nursing Policy, Practice, Education and Research.
 
Labor migrants from Central Asia: how to improve their awareness on HIV? ICCO research
ICCO; Christian Aid, DanChurchAid, 2010
“Labor migrants from central Asia: problems and health risks (including HIV and other STI)” is an in-depth research held within a pilot regional project aimed at improving accessibility to HIV-related services among Kyrgyz and Tajik migrants working in Saint Petersburg, as well as among members of their families.
 
EMCDDA guidelines for testing HIV, viral hepatitis and other infections in injecting drug users
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, 2010
There is a recognized need for guidance on providing IDUs with a medical examination and testing for HIV, viral hepatitis and several other infections on a regular basis. Guidelines for testing HIV, viral hepatitis and other infections in injecting drug users by EMCDDA provide guidance at a practical level, proposing a series of standard tests to be undertaken regularly on a voluntary and informed basis.
 
OSI introduces the Russian version of "The Pharmacological Rationale for Methadone Treatment of Narcotic Addiction"
Open Society Institute, 2010
“The Pharmacological Rationale for Methadone Treatment of Narcotic Addiction” by R.G. Newman is a relevant drug policy publication that has been translated by Open Society Institute to Chinese, Farsi, French and Russian languages.
 
New website shows what works for women and girls in HIV prevention, treatment, care and support
What Works for Women and Girls: Evidence for HIV/AIDS Interventions, now available at www.whatworksforwomen.org, is a comprehensive review of successful HIV programming for women and girls spanning data from more than 2,000 scientific articles and reports in nearly 100 countries.
 
WHO/Europe Policy Framework – Scaling up HIV testing and counseling in the region
WHO/Europe, 2010
The World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe has developed a Regional HIV testing and counselling policy framework. The document is a result of numerous and extensive consultations with various stakeholders, including governmental representatives, health care and public health professionals, civil society organizations, people living with HIV and affected communities, United Nations organizations and other partners.
 
Global Fund IDU Initiative: report on consultation process with civil society representatives in EE/CA
2010
The Global Fund Secretariat is in the process of developing the ‘IDU Initiative’ which explores and recommends ways to create demand at a country level for programming and evidence-based interventions for injecting drug users.
 
WHO Guidelines for the Psychosocially Assisted Pharmacological Treatment of Opioid Dependence - now available in Russian
WHO guidelines on OST review the use of medicines such as methadone, buprenorphine, naltrexone and clonidine in combination with psychosocial support in the treatment of people dependent on heroin or other opioids.
 
Harm Reduction in Prison: The Moldova Model
OSI, 2009

An increasing number of countries have introduced HIV programs in prisons since the early 1990s. However, many of these programs exclude necessary interventions such as needle exchange and methadone treatment. Not so in Moldova, whose experience with introducing and expanding a comprehensive HIV program, including such interventions, is described in this report. The report also provides recommendations for other countries wishing to start similar programs.

 

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Comprehensive Action on HIV/AIDS Prevention among IDUs and Bridging Population: A Manual for Harm Reduction Service Providers
2009

This manual has been developed within the framework of the European Commission co-financed project „Expanding Network for Coordinated and Comprehensive Actions on HIV/AIDS Prevention among IDUs and Bridging Population”. It reflects the close co-operation of professionals working in the field of HIV/AIDS from four countries: Public Health Agency (Latvia), National Institute for Health Development (Estonia), Lithuanian AIDS Centre and NGO ”Dose of Love’’ (Bulgaria).

 

[In English] [In Russian]

 
Findings from the Evaluation of Vancouver’s Pilot Medically Supervised Safer Injecting Facility
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, 2009
The British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS released a report summarizing the impact of the ‘Insite’ safer injection facility. The report – entitled ‘Findings from the Evaluation of Vancouver’s Pilot Medically Supervised Safer Injecting Facility’ – provides a brief description of the work that has been done since 2003, as well as plain language summaries of each scientific paper that has been released.  According to the report “The first several years of evaluation have yielded an array of scientific outputs, including more than 30 peer-reviewed studies describing the program’s impacts.
 
Toolkit "Outreach and advice" from the Ukrainian experience [RU]
Poltava "Anti-AIDS", 2009

The book “Outreach and counseling” published by Poltava “Anti-AIDS” Fund deals with a range of problems when providing drug users with information on prevention issues.

 
Substance Use in Patients with HIV/AIDS: HIV Clinical Guidelines for the Primary Care Practitioners in New York
New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute , 2009

The New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute is extremely pleased to issue this first formal set of guidelines devoted to the management of substance users with HIV.

 


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