AIDS/HIV

Global Fund stops harm reduction funding in Russia

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"The prevention of HIV is not a priority in the Russian Federation at the moment" stated a speaker at the III. Eastern European and Central Asia Conference, held in Moscow, on October 28-30. These desperate words seem to be anachronistic at a huge AIDS conference with more than 2000 participants, co-organized by the Russian government – but unfortunately they are true.

    The use of crystal meth implies unsafe sexual promiscuity

    Crystal meth is here to stay and as it appears its effects have brought to life again the madness and frivolity of the past cocaine decades.

      People affected with Hepatitus C are dying because they can't afford treatment

      The 9th International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) that took place on the 9th – 13th of August this year was interrupted by a small group of campaigners demanding access to drugs that treat HIV patients who also have been affected by Hepatitis C.

        Tuol Sambo

        At TalkingDrugs.org we have already posted a few stories describing the situation of heroin addicts in Cambodia.

        We have just get another worrying information from this country:

        In June this year, Cambodian authorities using force have resettled 20 HIV-affected families from Borei Keila (an area in Phnom Penh, biggest city and capital of Cambodia) to the Tuol Sambo- place located 25 kilometres from the Phnom Penh. Families are accomodated in metal sheds, without running water and basic sanitary facilities. They are baking hot in the daytime.

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