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Filters Content type: News, Editors' picks Topic: Harm reduction

Harm reduction programmes and practices aim to reduce the harms associated with drug use. These include needle and syringe programmes, opioid substitution therapy, drug consumption rooms and overdose prevention.

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
Harm reduction

Opioid substitution therapy and HIV prevention in Belarus

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UNAIDS
15 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
Circumcision

UNITAID Finds Affordability, Availability and Demand Slow Access to HIV Prevention Products

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UNITAID
1 December 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
Harm reduction

Needle exchange and the HIV epidemic in Vancouver: Lessons learned from 15 years of research

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Drug & Alcohol Findings
21 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
Hepatitis C transmission & prevention

Young drug injectors on opioid maintenance therapy have lower risk of hepatitis C infection

News
11 November 2014
People who inject drugs

More naloxone programmes to prevent the increasing opiate-overdose deaths in England are ungently needed

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International Doctors for Healthier Drug Policies
11 November 2014
Harm reduction

Addiction services in England: in need of an intervention

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The Lancet Psychiatry
10 November 2014
Harm reduction

Official drug advisers reject time limit on methadone substitution for addicts

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The Guardian
6 November 2014
Hepatitis C symptoms & diagnosis

Half of people with hepatitis C unaware

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Public Health England press release
5 November 2014
Drug policy & policing

The mind-bending politics of drugs

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Conservative Home
31 October 2014
Drug policy & policing

No link between tough penalties and drug use - UK government report

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BBC News
31 October 2014
Hepatitis C transmission & prevention

Opioid Maintenance Therapy Linked to Lower Hepatitis C Rates for People Who Inject Drugs

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HIVandhepatitis.com
29 October 2014
People who inject drugs

Female drug users in Georgia face barriers to access therapy

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The Lancet
17 October 2014
Harm reduction

UK: Funding cuts for drug and alcohol treatment

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Russell Webster (blog)
17 October 2014
Global health initiatives

Russia's harm reduction programs threatened by want of funds

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Global Fund Observer
25 September 2014
HIV prevention policy

Why Are HIV Rates So High in Russia?

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International Business Times
16 September 2014