Signatories call upon the Myanmar Government to adopt immediate measures to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks in the country’s prisons, including the release of all prisoners with underlying medical conditions as well as those detained for non-violent offences.
Release and Transform outline funding needs for the effective delivery of harm reduction interventions and drug treatment which will reduce COVID-19 infection rates amongst people who use drugs.
According to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, states are obliged to respect the right to health of all persons including prisoners. Detention centres must, therefore, take action to avoid the transmission of COVID-19 in these closed environments.
The Eurasian Network of People who Use Drugs (ENPUD) have gathered information about opioid substitution therapy (OST) access in Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine during the COVID-19 pandemic.
