ThinkingDrugs is a new interactive website allowing the public to explore some of the arguments that are central to drug policy in the form of an argument map.
Снижение цен на препараты для лечения ВИЧ стало возможным в течение последнего десятилетия благодаря активной позиции гражданского общества, ВИЧ‐активистов и правительств стран, затронутых эпидемией, и явилось результатом давления, которое они оказали на фармкомпании. Подобная стратегия поможет остановить эпидемию ВГС и спасти жизни миллионов людей, живущих с гепатитом С.
On World Hepatitis Day, EHRN calls for civil society to demand HCV treatment price reduction in Eastern Europe and Central Asia in order for the millions of people living with HCV to gain access to life saving drugs.
“Hepatitis affects everyone, everywhere. Know it, confront it.” This is the slogan for this year’s first-ever World Health Organization–sponsored World Hepatitis Day.
The position will be based in London and involved with the design and implementation of the communications and outreach strategies of the Global Drug Policy Program.
About two decades after the U.S. emerged from the worst of its own crack epidemic, Brazilian authorities are watching the cheap drug spread across this country of 190 million people. They have far fewer resources to deal with it, despite a booming economy that expanded 7.5 percent last year.
With this consultation, the European Commission wishes to explore the extent to which detention issues (following a criminal offence) impact on mutual trust, and consequently on mutual recognition and judicial cooperation generally within the European Union.
Martin Jelsma (Transnational Institute, Amsterdam) racconta per la rubrica di Fuoriluogo sul Manifesto del 20 luglio 2011 la crociata contro la Bolivia avviata dall'INCB dell'ONU.
This two-day event aimed to train NGO representatives and health professionals on issues related to drug treatment, and advocate for better drug treatment services.
In mid-July, Cambodia’s Prime Minister approved a controversial new drug law that opens the door to rampant human rights violations. The legislation will force drug users into involuntary treatment for up to two years in facilities where previous detainees have reported being victims of beatings, forced labor, and rape.
On the 21st of July, the International Community of People Who Use Drugs will lead a Day of Commemoration for the victims of the War on Drugs at Russian Embassies in a sign of support for individuals living in that country.