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Kenya moves towards a more sensible drug policy

 

    HIV epidemic in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

    Despite the global progress that has been made in the fight against HIV/AIDS, some regions are still failing in tackling the spread of infections. Much of Eastern Europe and Central Asia continues to see a rapid increase in the number of HIV infections among men, women and children with an increase of 66% to 1.5 million people since 2001 according to the latest figures from a UNICEF report. 

      The Vienna Declaration and the 2010 AIDS Conference

      Throughout the week of July 18-23, the annual International AIDS conference will take place in Vienna. The International AIDS conference is the key global gathering of those working in the field of HIV, including policy makers, people living with HIV and people committed to ending the epidemic. The intention of the conference is to keep HIV as an issue of crucial significance and to demonstrate the importance of continuing and increasing HIV investment while highlighting the connection between human rights, drug policy and HIV.

        A story for Estonia: on happiness and HIV

        Tom's story is a story like many others. He told his to Convictus Estonia, an NGO which offers psychological help for HIV-positive and drug addicts. Tom's story is telling of a reality in which gender, drugs and HIV are entangled in one human experience. Talking Drugs is commited to exploring such stories and to reproducing them in order to trigger a debate on how sex, gender, family, drugs and HIV shape specific private and public worlds: in this case, Tom's life.

        'Hello! My name is Tom. I am 33 year old now.

          The importance of harm reduction against the risks of infection

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          This video looks at the 80's era in Edinburgh, during the HIV epidemic. The National Treatment Agency is now trying to provide complete comprension and services in order to prevent the risks among injecting drug users.

           

           

           

            Not only IDUs who are vulnerable to HIV or hepatitis C, right?

            Submitted by ridotriawan on Thu, 03/09/2009 - 16:29

            Not only IDUs who are vulnerable to HIV or hepatitis C, right? Pre-congress meeting of people who use drugs (PUD) forum, ICAAP IX Rido Triawan The pre-congress meeting of people who use drugs (PUD) forum on ICAAP IX with a theme ‘reform: towards human rights based drug policy’ was held on August 8th 2009 in Sanur, Bali. More than 120 participants from at least 11 countries in Asia Pacific attended this meeting. They were from Indonesia, Thailand, India, Nepal, Australia, Myanmar, Philippine, Malaysia, Cambodia, China, and Japan.

              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.

                  Trying to survive

                  Kostya Proletarsky.  The last interview

                  Interviewer: Anya Sarang
                  English translation: Vitaly Djuma, Shona Schonning

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