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| Journal Articles | |  | HIV-Associated Behaviors among Injecting-Drug Users
23 Cities, U.S., May 2005--February 2006. April 10, 2009. MMWR. 58(13);329-332. | | | | Global epidemiology of injecting drug use and HIV among people who inject drugs: a systematic review
Mathers BM, Degenhardt L, Phillips B, et al, 2007 Reference Group to the UN on HIV and Injecting Drug Use. Lancet. 2008 Nov 15;372(9651):1733-45. | | | | A rapid situation and response assessment of the female regular sex partners of male drug users in South Asia: Factors associated with condom use during the last sexual intercourse
Kumar MS, Virk HK, Chaudhuri A, Mittal A, Lewis G. Int J Drug Policy. 2008;19:148-58. Includes commentary from the UCSF Institute for Global Health. | | | | Peer-driven HIV interventions for drug injectors in Russia: first year impact results of a field experiment
Broadheada RS, Volkanevsky VL, Rydanovab T, Ryabkovab M, Borcha C, van Hulsta Y, Fullertona A, Sergeyevc B, Heckathornd DD. Intrnl Jrnl Drug Policy. 2006 Sept;17(5):379-92. Includes commentary from the UCSF Institute for Global Health. | | | | Behavioral HIV risk reduction among people who inject drugs: meta-analytic evidence of efficacy
Copenhaver MM, Johnson BT, Lee IC, Harman JJ, Carey MP; SHARP Research Team. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2006 Sep;31(2):163-71. Includes commentary from the UCSF Institute for Global Health. | | | | Do supervised injecting facilities attract higher-risk injection drug users?
Wood E, Tyndall MW, Li K, Lloyd-Smith E, Small W, Montaner JS, Kerr T. Am J Prev Med. 2005 Aug;29(2):126-130. | | | | Update: Syringe Exchange Programs--United States, 2002
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MMWR 2005;54(27):673-676. | |
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| Guidelines and Best Practices | | |
| Policy Reports, Papers, and Briefs | | | Evidence for Action for HIV Prevention, Treatment and Care among Injecting Drug Users
WHO, December 14, 2005. [PDF, 1.8MB] | | | | "Flashblood" and HIV Risk among IDUs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Sheryl A. McCurdy. BMJ, August 25, 2005. | | | | Evidence for Action on HIV/AIDS and Injecting Drug Use: 5 Policy Briefs
WHO, June 2005. In English and Russian. | | | | Policy and Programming Guide for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care among Injecting Drug Users
WHO, March 14, 2005. | | | | Effectiveness of Drug Dependence Treatment in Preventing HIV Among Injecting Drug Users
WHO, March 2005. [PDF, 156K] | | | | An Open Letter to the Delegates of the 48th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND)
Human Rights Watch, March 2005. | | | | Evidence for Action: Effectiveness of Community-Based Outreach in Preventing HIV/AIDS Among Injecting Drug Users
WHO, April 2004. [PDF, 325K] | | | | Effectiveness of Sterile Needle and Syringe Programming in Reducing HIV/AIDS Among Injecting Drug Users
WHO, 2004. [PDF, 342K] | | | | Unintended Consequences: Drug Policies Fuel the HIV Epidemic in Russia and Ukraine
Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch, Jeff Hoover, Anna Alexandrova. International Harm Reduction Development, Open Society Institute, April 2003. [PDF, 158K] | | | | Drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS: Lessons Learned
UNAIDS, UN Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, April 2001. [PDF, 958K] A case studies booklet from Central and Eastern Europe and the Central Asian States. | | | | Does HIV Needle Exchange Work?
Peter Lurie, Pamela DeCarlo. Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS), University of California San Francisco, December 1998. | |
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| Links | | | Canadian Harm Reduction Network
The network for individuals and organizations across Canada dedicated to reducing the social, health, and economic harms associated with drugs and drug policies. | | | | Burnet Institute
Australian organization that addresses some harm reduction topics as part of their international health work, focusing on the prevention of HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C among injecting drug users. | | | | Harm Reduction Coalition
(HRC) Committed to reducing drug-related harm among individuals and communities by initiating and promoting local, regional, and national harm reduction education, interventions, and community organizing.
| | | | International Harm Reduction Association
An international professional association for individuals and associations concerned with the development of drug policies to reduce the harmful consequences of drug use.
| | | | International Harm Reduction Development Program
(IHRD) A project of the Open Society Institute, IHRD's mission is to diminish the individual and social harms associated with drug use--particularly the risk of HIV infection--through innovative measures based on the philosophy of harm reduction. IHRD currently supports more than 180 projects in over 20 countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
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