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Drug Use and HIV/AIDS News Digest Friday,03 July 2009
Asia
1.Rockefeller Foundation Launches $100M 5-Year Initiative To Improve Health Systems In Africa, Asia
02/07/09 by Globalhealth
The Rockefeller Foundation launched a $100 million, five-year initiative aimed at improving health systems in Asia and Africa, Judith Rodin, the foundation's president, said in a speech on Wednesday in Nairobi, Kenya, Xinhua reports.
2.Developing World Health Care Solutions Help Some U.S. Programs
02/07/09 by Marcus
The Wall Street Journal examines how some U.S.-based health care programs are improving their treatment capabilities by learning from strategies used in developing countries.
3.India To Provide Incentives For Medical Professionals To Work In Rural, Underserved Areas
02/07/09 by Globalhealth
HIV-Positive Babies More Likely To Contract Deadly TB If Given BCG
Global
4.UNAIDS Board reaffirms its commitment to harm reduction
30/06/09 by Healthgroup
At its 24th meeting, 22-24 June, the governing body of UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) reaffirmed its commitment to harm reduction.
5.Also In Global Health News: HIV & TB; ITN Program; DRC's Health System
01/07/09 by Zarocostas
A three-year study in South Africa found that babies who were born HIV-positive had a higher risk of contracting a deadly form of tuberculosis if given the widely used BCG vaccine, the AP/Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports.
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6.[AFR] WHO, Wyeth Launch Trial In Africa To Test New River Blindness Drug
02/07/09 by MacInnis
The WHO on Wednesday announced plans for a clinical trial to test a new drug that "could halve the treatment period for river blindness [or onchocerciasis], a disease that threatens 100 million people mostly in Africa," AFP/Dow Jones Newswires/CNN Money reports (7/1).
7.[USA] AIDS Housing Corp. merges with Victory Programs
01/07/09 by Ethan Jacobs
As the economic downturn puts the squeeze on many non-profits, two Boston-based HIV/AIDS service organizations, Victory Programs and the AIDS Housing Corporation (AHC), have merged.
8.[USA] Overdose deaths drop again Officials credit better outreach and treatment
01/07/09 by Kelly Brewington
Deaths from alcohol and drug overdoses declined for the second straight year in Baltimore and are at their lowest level since 1995, when the city began recording the data, according to a Health Department report released today.
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Every four months, the AHRN Newsletter reaches over 2000 people and programs in 72 countries on AHRN's growing mailing list. Once inside a country, this Newsletter is often copied and distributed to other people. Featuring in-country updates, conference reports and other articles on HIV and injecting drug use in Asia, the newsletter has become a catalyst and a voice for HIV/AIDS programs across the region. We would like to see the newsletter and other AHRN resources translated into local languages (Hindi, Vietnamese, Thai, etc). But the strong readership and constant feedback being generated suggests that the newsletter is already an important vehicle for supporting HIV/AIDS initiatives in Asia.
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AHRN Newsletter No. 45 - Full version (2.82 MB)
Cover Story
Results from the First Asian Consultation on the Prevention of HIV related to Drug Use
Feature
In the Belly of the Dragon
Advocacy
Civil Society and Universal Access in Indonesia
Programme
AusAID Launches New Harm Reduction Programme-HAARP
Why Civil Society Partnerships Matter to Harm Reduction in Asia
Inside AHRN
Ready for Harm Reduction-Technical Assistance and Capacity Building in Asia
Conferences
Over 1,200 Attend "Harm Reduction 2008" in Barcelona
Mexico Hosts International AIDS Conference
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AHRN Network Bulletin 118
New Resources
1.A STRATEGIC APPROACH: HIV & AIDS AND EDUCATION
2.New website has gone live HEP C
3.HRA is pleased to announce that a new online version of the Global State of Harm Reduction is now available
4.The World Drug Report presents comprehensive information on the illicit drug situation.
5.World Drug Report 2009 Highlights Links Between Drugs and Crime
6.New Hepatitis C Epidemic Outbreaks in HIV-Positive Gay Men
7.KNOWLEDGE TO POLICY: Making the Most of Development Research
8.Overdose Prevention and Response: A Guide for People Who Use Drugs and Harm Reduction Staff in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Resources at www.AHRN.net
9.TTAG (2008) Collective Empowerment while Creating Knowledge: A Case Study of Community- Based Participatory Research with Injection Drug Users in Bangkok, Thailand
10.TTAG (2008) Evidence Planting by Thai Police Violates the Human Rights of People who Inject Drugs
11.TTAG (2008) Compulsory Drug Treatment in Thailand Fails to Reduce Drug Use and is Associated with Human Rights Violations
12.TTAG (2008) Experiences of Incarceration among People who Inject Drugs in Thailand
13.TTAG (2008) Expanding the Reach of Harm Reduction in Thailand: Experiences with a Drug User Run Harm Reduction Center
14.TTAG (2008) Overdose among People who Inject Drugs in Thailand – The Need for a Public Health Response
15.TTAG (2008) High Rates of Syringe Sharing among a Community-Based Sample of Injection Drug Users in Bangkok, Thailand
16.WHO (2008) Clinical guidelines for withdrawal management and treatment of drug dependence in closed settings
17.WHO (2008) Training manual for Clinical guidelines for withdrawal management and treatment of drug dependence in closed settings
18.Youth RISE (2009) Youth RISE Report on Commission on Narcotic Drugs Activities
19.UNAIDS (2009) 24th Meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board Geneva, Switzerland
Events
20.HIV & Drug Use Fellowship (19-22 July 2009, Cape Town, South Africa)
21.The 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) (9-13 August 2009, Bali, Indonesia)
22.Thinking Drinking 3 (2009)(5-7August 2009, Brisbane Hilton, Brisbane, QLD, Australia)
23.Annual Conference (14 - 17 September, The Rydges Hotel, Capital Hill, Canberra)
24.Anex ‘09 – Australian Drugs Conference – Drugs in Hard Times (1 - 2 October, Melbourne, Australia)
25.International Conference on REALISING THE RIGHTS TO HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL (26-29 October 2009, Meliá Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam)
26.Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs (APSAD) 2009 Conference (1 – 4 November 2009, Darwin Convention Centre, Northern Territory, Australia)
Vacancies
27.RESOURCING HARM REDUCTION GLOBALLY: Temporary Researcher Post
28.Community Outreach and Education (Core) Officer: Permanent Full-time (03 July 2009)
29.Aboriginal Mental Health Worker, Australia (apply by 10 July 2009)
30.Project Officer: Youth Health Promotion , Cancer Council ACT(apply by 20 July 2009)
31.Positions available at NDARC
1.ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR - ALCOHOL AND DRUG RESEARCH :University of New South Wales :Faculty of Medicine (apply by 12 August 2009)
2.Communications & Media Manager University of New South Wales Faculty of Medicine (apply by 15 July 2009)
32.The UNAIDS PCB NGO Delegation is currently recruiting new members (apply by 31 August 2009)
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
33.CALL FOR NOMINATIONS OF NGO DELEGATES 2010-2011, AFRICA, ASIA AND THE PACIFIC, EUROPE, LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (Apply by 31 AUGUST 2009)
34.CALL FOR REBIDDING FOR TSF SEAP (apply by 31 July 2009)
Training and network opportunity
35.HIV Fellowship Programme: Clinical & Leadership Training (apply by 25 August 2009)
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Conference hubs: IAC 2008
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Conference hubs, are new to this year's IAC. These mini conferences offer a unique opportunity for groups anywhere in the world to participate via Internet based conferencing, directly linked to Mexico City.
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Asian Perspective - Global Access to the IAC
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This short film encourages these most vulnerable groups to mobilise around the International AIDS Conference; to raise the burning issues and ensure their voices be heard.
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When Poverty Meets Drugs and HIV in New Delhi
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This short film describes the impact of poverty, drug use and HIV on the transgender community of Delhi, India.
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