hiv, drug policy and harm reduction. outreach in moscow, russia,1998
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Russia: 2010
• Governments opposition to harm reduction (Ministry of Health says its illegal)
• HIV estimates – up to 1.5 mln• HIV prevalence in drug users – 37,2%
average, reaching 75% in some cities
Australia
• Country wide introduction of harm reduction measures at early stages: – Opiate substitution– Needle/syringe programs– Peer counceling– Safer injection rooms
HIV doesn’t spread in drug useresHIV in IDUs <1%32.000 HIV cases 100.000 hepatitis C directly averted by needle/syringe programs
Australia IV League
Meaningful involvement of injecting drug users plays crucial role in
* Halting the epidemic
* Building better policies
* Improving health services
Treating AIDS is NOT a Crime
Tell Iran to Free the Alaeis, AIDS Physicians Wrongfully Imprisoned Since
June 2008Sign the petition at
IranFreetheDocs.org
Dr. Kamiar Alaei Dr. Arash Alaei
Maxim Popov, Uzbekistan
Imprisoned for 7 years for distributing harm reduction and safe sex educational materials
Timequake 2009: RussiaRefusal to support NSP and opiate substitution
No scientific evaluation of programs
No money for HIV prevention
We call on the Global Fund to review its eligibility criteria for upper middle income countries.
The govt’s statements of own capacities to halt the epidemic are a lie in the sake of political image.
Russia doesn’t care of it citizens.
These citizens are our friends - and they are dying.
We ask the Global Fund to help us save their lives!!!
Vienna – home to the international drug policies
Russian diplomat Yuri Fedotov appointed as head of UNODC – UNAIDS family leading agency on HIV in drug users and prisoners.
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