This film by the International HIV/AIDS Alliance features Alyona and Nga, two people whose lives have been improved by accessing harm reduction services.
Виртуальное обучение на русском языке будет проводиться в течение четырех недель (24 Сентября - 19 Октября 2012 / 19 Ноября - 14 Декабря 2012) и будет предназначен для государственных служащих, представителей гражданского общества, сотрудников международных агентств по поддержки национальных ответных мер на ВИЧ.
The AIDS Forum, which took place on 9th and 10th July in Ukraine, ensured that the voice of people who use drugs could be heard in the region, and at the International AIDS Conference in Washington.
Harm reduction activist, Olena Kucheruk, speaks about consequences of repressive drug policy and human rights violations among the populations at risk in Ukraine.
Stephen Lewis, a well-known progressive Canadian diplomat, the former special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa, held a very powerful speech at the AIDS 2012 conference in which he points out that an AIDS-free world is an illusion without ending the failed war on drugs - and drug policy reform is not possible without mainstreaming our messages.
This video features the speech of Michel Kazatchkine at the International AIDS Conference, in which he calls for a human rights and health based approach to drug use.
A list with the signatures of more than 1200 people from 40 countries asking for access to hepatitis C treatment was presented to the World Health Organization (WHO) and to the pharmaceutical companies Merck and F. Hoffmann-La Roche.
The intensification of the methamphetamine problem in East and Southeast Asia remains the greatest drug challenge in the region, delegates were told at the UNODC Global Synthetics Monitoring: Analyses, Reporting and Trends (SMART) Programme regional workshop held in Phnom Penh on 24-25 July 2012.