Also In Global Health News: IDUs In Kenya; Haiti Recovery; Pandemic Preparedness; Somalia Hunger; HIV In Mozambique …

Published August 30, 2010

Also In Global Health News: IDUs In Kenya; Haiti Recovery; Pandemic Preparedness; Somalia Hunger; HIV In Mozambique …
Kenya Drafts Policy To Address HIV In IDUs In Kenya, “[i]ntravenous drug users (IDUs) have been largely ignored by the government’s HIV programmes on the basis that drug-taking is illegal, but a new policy is being drafted with the aim of reducing HIV transmission among this high-risk group,” IRIN/PlusNews reports. The article includes comments from Nicholas Muraguri, head of the National AIDS …
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Stigma Must Be Addressed: DrugScope Response To UKDPC Stigma Report, UK
The UK Drug Policy Commission (UKDPC) has published a report entitled Sinning and sinned against: the stigmatisation of problem drug users by Charlie Lloyd of the University of York. The report summarises the research evidence on the stigmatisation of problem drug users and explores its impact on individuals and wider society. Martin Barnes, Chief Executive of DrugScope, welcomed the report’s …
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Insider’s view of addiction
AFL star Ben Cousins and mother-of-two Sam Charlesworth have a lot in common.
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