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European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), 2010
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Focusing on European countries where amphetamine or methamphetamine is an important part of the drug problem,Problem amphetamine and methamphetamine use in Europe by European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction looks at the current situation in the light of the historical development of amphetamines use since the introduction of these substances as medicines in the 1930s.
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Association of Substitution Treatment Advocates in Ukraine (ASTAU) , 2011
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The report was prepared by the Association of Substitution Treatment Advocates in Ukraine within the framework of the project of the Eurasian Harm Reduction Network (EHRN) "Achieving Universal Access: Supporting Community Sector Involvement and Advocacy".
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European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, 2010
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 The report on the state of the drugs problem in Europe 2010 presents the EMCDDA's yearly overview of the drug phenomenon. This is an essential reference book for policymakers, specialists and practitioners in the drugs field or anyone seeking the latest findings on drugs in Europe.
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UNICEF/UNDP – Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2010
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Official data in Bosnia and Herzegovina confirms that almost 14% of all cases of the HIV infection are transmitted by injecting drug users.
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 Global State of Harm Reduction 2010 at a glance provides an overview of IHRA’s second major report in the Global State of Harm Reduction series, in a leaflet and poster format.
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United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2010
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The World Drug Report 2010, issued by the UNODC on June 23, 2010, shows that drug use is shifting towards new drugs and new markets.
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European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, 2010
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Injecting drug use is strongly associated with severe health problems in drug users, including both blood-borne infections (e.g. HIV/AIDS, hepatitis) and overdose.
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Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2010
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UNAIDS Annual Report 2009 provides snapshots of how the UNAIDS Secretariat and its Cosponsors worked together to strengthen the HIV response in 2009.
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International Harm Reduction Association, 2010
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 The IHRA report, titled "The Death Penalty for Drug Offences: Global Overview 2010", finds that hundreds of people are executed for drug offences each year around the world, a figure that very likely exceeds one thousand when taking into account those countries that keep their death penalty statistics secret. The report is the first detailed country by country overview of the death penalty for drugs, monitoring both national legislation and state practice of enforcement.
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WHO, ECDC, 2009
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According to HIV/AIDS surveillance in Europe in 2008, 51 600 cases of HIV were diagnosed and reported by 48 of the 53 countries in the WHO European Region (data from Russian Federation not available).
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According to new data in the 2009 AIDS epidemic update, released by UNAIDS in November 2009, new HIV infections have been reduced by 17% over the past eight years.
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WHO, ECDC, 2009
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HIV infection remains of major public health importance in Europe, with evidence of increasing transmission of HIV in several European countries.
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Global Business Coalition, 2009
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Injecting drug use remains one of the main factors leading to spread of HIV infection and related diseases in Russia: 79.8% of the total number of HIV cases and 62.7% of the number of new cases in Russia are bound to drug injection.
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ECDC, 2009
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An inventory of what has been done by EU and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries regarding behavioural surveillance related to HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI) in eight subpopulations has been published by Еuropean Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
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WHO, 2009
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More than 4 million people in low- and middle-income countries were receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) at the close of 2008, representing a 36% increase in one year and a ten-fold increase over five years.
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EMCDDA, 2009
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Smokable herbal mixtures under the brand name ‘Spice’ are known to have been sold on the Internet and in various specialised shops since at least 2006. Although advertised as an ‘exotic incense blend’, when smoked, Spice products have been reported by some users to have effects similar to those of cannabis. In January 2009, German forensic experts have identified the synthetic cannabinoid in Spice products. Responding to potential health concerns, Austria, Germany, France, Luxembourg, Poland, and Sweden have taken legal actions to ban or otherwise control Spice products and related compounds.
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WHO, 2008
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Some 3 million people now have access to antiretroviral therapy according to a report issued by WHO, UNAIDS and UNICEF. The report notes that one million people started on treatment last year alone which represents an increase of around 42% from the previous year.
The rapid scale-up of treatment has been attributed to a number of factors, including increased availability of drugs, in large part because of price reductions; improved delivery systems; and increased demand as the number of people who are tested and diagnosed with HIV rises.
However the report also warns that despite the rapid scale-up there are an estimated 6.7 million people in need of treatment who are still unable to access the life-saving drugs. Other challenges outlined in the report highlight the obstacles to achieving universal access and the Millennium Development Goals including: weak health systems; a shortage in health workers; a lack of sustainable long term financing and weak information systems.
The report underlines the urgent need for enhanced political commitment, better coordination and additional research to address some of these challenges if the goals that have been set out are to be achieved.
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