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News and information about HIV in injecting drug users. The criminalisation of drug use and the marginalisation of drug users contribute to vulnerability to HIV.

Harm reduction

Ireland: Radical legislation to allow for supervised injecting centres for heroin users

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Herald
17 February 2015
People who inject drugs

Half the picture – beyond drug overdose as a cause of death in opioid using people

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DrugScope
30 January 2015
Harm reduction

Could a Syriza Win Spell Good News for Harm Reduction in Greece?

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Talking Drugs
26 January 2015
Epidemiology

HIV sweeps across eastern Europe amid economic crisis

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EUobserver
26 January 2015
People who inject drugs

Ukrainian drug addicts dying due to treatment ban, says UN

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The Guardian
23 January 2015
People who inject drugs

New EMCDDA review studies the effectiveness of overdose antidote, naloxone

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European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)
20 January 2015
Experiences of stigma

Skin Vs. Needle: IV Drug Use, Scars & Healing

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Talking Drugs
16 January 2015
Hepatitis C treatment

How Much Could AbbVie Inc. Make Selling Its Hepatitis C Drug This Year?

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The Motley Fool
15 January 2015
People who inject drugs

HCV prevention campaigns need to focus on reducing frequency of injecting drug use involving sharing of equipment

News
13 January 2015
Harm reduction

2013 could have been a turning point in drug treatment in England

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Drug & Alcohol Findings
9 January 2015
Experiences of stigma

Four Laws That Are Devastating Public Health in Uganda

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Open Society Foundation
17 December 2014
Harm reduction

Occasional heroin use may worsen HIV infection

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Science Daily
17 December 2014
TB epidemiology

Ukraine’s capital is facing an explosive TB epidemic

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TB Europe Coalition
17 December 2014
Harm reduction

Harm reduction programs need more flexibility to work properly in Eastern Europe

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Aidspan
15 December 2014
Human rights

Blinded by Fear: How Politics Influenced Medical Policy in Greece

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The Politic
10 December 2014
Exposure to HIV through medical procedures

Pakistani Blood Transfusions Spreading Hepatitis, HIV: Official

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HepatitisCNewDrugs
9 December 2014
Ageing & HIV

Reduced physical function significantly increases mortality risk of middle-aged people living with HIV

News
4 December 2014
Harm reduction

Safer injecting practices would be better promoted by focusing on pleasure and practical concerns – not the risk of infection

News
3 December 2014
Harm reduction

Gaps in HIV prevention expose Europe to risk of outbreaks

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EMCDDA
2 December 2014
Epidemiology & behaviour

Greece: new HIV cases fall in 2013 due to halving of infections in injecting drug users

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Greek Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
26 November 2014
Harm reduction

Why the UK’s drug strategy should remain a Home Office responsibility

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The Guardian
25 November 2014
Harm reduction

DrugScope responds to Iain Duncan Smith's comments about methadone

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DrugScope
25 November 2014
Harm reduction

Why heroin has made a comeback in America

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The Economist
24 November 2014
Hepatitis C treatment

Practical steps to eliminating hepatitis C: a consensus for London

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London Joint Working Group on Substance Use and Hepatitis C
17 November 2014