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Drug Use and HIV/AIDS News Digest Wednesday 20 January 2010
India
1. New drug use trend and HIV/AIDS Vertical transmission to Horizontal transmission on the brink
The 2 nd State Specific Harm Reduction Meet 2009 organised by North East India Harm Reduction Network, NEIHRN was held today, (30 October) at the Conference Hall, SASO, (Social Awareness Service Organisation) Imphal, Manipur, on the 30 th October 2009.
Outside Asia
2. [AU] Red Ribbon Award 2010 - call for nominations
The call for nominations for the 2010 Red Ribbon Award is now open. As in
the past, the award honors and recognizes exceptional grassroots leadership
in responding to the AIDS epidemic. Nominations are accepted from December
1st, 2009 until February 28th, 2010.
3. [AU] [ANPUD] AIVL International Drug Users Daye Media Release
The national peak organisation representing people who use illicit drugs, the Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL), is joining with communities of people who use illicit drugs from around the world to celebrate International Drug Users Day on 1 November 2009.
4. [CA] Canadian appellate court upholds ruling in favour of Vancouver's supervised injection facility
Today, the British Columbia Court of Appeal upheld a lower court ruling from last year that granted Vancouver's supervised injection facility an ongoing exemption from certain provisions of Canada's drug laws (prohibiting possession and trafficking of controlled substances) and that also declared those provisions of Canada's law constitutionally invalid insofar as they apply to the users and site operators of Insite. The current federal government, which opposes Insite's existence, is expected to appeal this decision to the Supreme Court of Canada.
5. [UK] International Conference "Harm Reduction: The Next Generation"
This conference will present an opportunity to look back over the last twenty-five years and more and reflect on the successes and challenges that we have faced, in order to move forward with new knowledge and renewed commitment.
6. [US] Call for papers: Children of the Drug War
The war on drugs has had a devastating impact on the lives of children and young people all over the world. Young people have been excluded from school and excluded from healthcare services. They have experienced the loss of a parent or loved one due to HIV/AIDS or overdose. They have grown up with a primary caregiver incarcerated for minor drug offences. They have been incarcerated themselves or coerced into closed treatment centres. They have seen their communities uprooted due to crop eradication programmes or drug fuelled conflict to become statistics of human displacement. They have been forced into the drug trade and brutalised by organised criminals. The impacts of the drug war on children and young people are extensive and right in front of us. They are neither hidden nor trivial, but they are often ignored, and the perspectives of young people rarely taken into account.
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Asian drug users unite to form regional organization
Press Release
21 October 2009
Over twenty-five drug users from nine different countries met in Bangkok on 16th and 17th October 2009 to finalize the Asian Network of People who Use Drugs (ANPUD) Constitution and elect a Steering Committee for the first regional network of people who use drugs. Based on the principles of Meaningful Involvement of People who Use Drugs (MIPUD), ANPUD has been setup by people who use drugs to advocate for the rights and unify the voices of their communities across Asia. ANPUD has over 150 members throughout the Asia region who are collaborating to influence decisions that affect their lives.
Despite being the region with the largest number of people using drugs in the world, access to effective services such as needle and syringe exchange programs and opioid substitution therapy to prevent HIV and hepatitis C transmission, the Asia region has the lowest coverage of harm reduction services across the globe. The lack of affordable HIV and HCV prevention, treatment, care and support services is largely driven by the stigma and discrimination associated with drug use..
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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.
The AHRN newsletters are available in PDF format. Reading the electronic version of the newsletter requires Adobe Acrobat Reader
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
And much much more!!
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Network Bulletin No.123
Announcement
1. Announcement: AHRN Organisational Changes
JOBS
2. AHRN Vacancy Announcement-Interim Network Coordinator
Event
3. Seminar on Law Enforcement and Harm Reduction: Effective Partnerships
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