Latest News
On this page you will find the latest relevant updates on a broad range of health and policy related topics, including HIV, hepatitis C, drug use, overdose prevention, harm reduction, drug treatment and criminal justice.
More naloxone drug overdose reversal kits distributed in Scotland
30 Oct 2014
A pioneering programme which has led to a reduction in opiate drug-related deaths in Scotland has just been expanded.
30 Oct 2014
A pioneering programme which has led to a reduction in opiate drug-related deaths in Scotland has just been expanded.
UN General Assembly on Drugs (UNGASS) - well explained.
30 Oct 2014
Head of OSF Global Drug Policy Programme gives good analogy on how outrage to response to AIDS in 2001 led to change.
30 Oct 2014
Head of OSF Global Drug Policy Programme gives good analogy on how outrage to response to AIDS in 2001 led to change.
Ending the criminalisation of people who use drugs: the public health response to hepC
29 Oct 2014
Improve HCV testing and access to care and treatment for people who inject drugs, provide and improve needle and syringe programmes and opiate substitution treatment services and training for people who interact with people who inject drugs are some of the recommendations to end the stigmatisation of this population.
29 Oct 2014
Improve HCV testing and access to care and treatment for people who inject drugs, provide and improve needle and syringe programmes and opiate substitution treatment services and training for people who interact with people who inject drugs are some of the recommendations to end the stigmatisation of this population.
Egypt hepC infection control
28 Oct 2014
Egypt has the highest prevalence of hepatitis C infection in the world. Approximately 15% of the population is estimated to have hepatitis C virus (HCV). Reuse of needles and syringes when giving anti-schistosomiasis treatment was blamed for spreading HCV during the 1960s and 1970s.
28 Oct 2014
Egypt has the highest prevalence of hepatitis C infection in the world. Approximately 15% of the population is estimated to have hepatitis C virus (HCV). Reuse of needles and syringes when giving anti-schistosomiasis treatment was blamed for spreading HCV during the 1960s and 1970s.
Harm reduction and human rights in the context of the global fund’s new funding model
27 Oct 2014
In September, the Global Forum on MSM & HIV and INPUD presented a webinar on strategies for addressing harm reduction and human rights in the context of the Global Fund’s New Funding Model.
27 Oct 2014
In September, the Global Forum on MSM & HIV and INPUD presented a webinar on strategies for addressing harm reduction and human rights in the context of the Global Fund’s New Funding Model.
Hepatitis C: Access to prevention, testing, treatment and care for people who use drugs
24 Oct 2014
HCV prevention, screening, early diagnosis, and treatment among people who inject drugs have been proven to be both effective and cost effective. However, at present polices responding to HCV are inconsistent, or non-existent across Europe.
24 Oct 2014
HCV prevention, screening, early diagnosis, and treatment among people who inject drugs have been proven to be both effective and cost effective. However, at present polices responding to HCV are inconsistent, or non-existent across Europe.
Fernando Caudevilla: Spanish doctor advises drug users on the dark web's Silk Road
21 Oct 2014
Family physician and illicit drugs expert Dr Fernando Caudevilla has taken doctor-patient confidence to a whole new level. For the past 18 months, 40-year-old Caudevilla has donated his spare time providing tailored harm-reduction advice to users of the illicit drug markets on Silk Road.
21 Oct 2014
Family physician and illicit drugs expert Dr Fernando Caudevilla has taken doctor-patient confidence to a whole new level. For the past 18 months, 40-year-old Caudevilla has donated his spare time providing tailored harm-reduction advice to users of the illicit drug markets on Silk Road.
The role of heroin assisted treatment in combating Vancouver overdoses
21 Oct 2014
Between October 12 and 13, 31 overdoses were registered at Vancouver's supervised injection facility, Insite. None of the 31 people who overdosed at Insite died, thanks to the medical staff on hand to assist them with oxygen and naloxone. Since it became North America's first ever legal supervised injection site in 2003, Insite has not registered a single death.
21 Oct 2014
Between October 12 and 13, 31 overdoses were registered at Vancouver's supervised injection facility, Insite. None of the 31 people who overdosed at Insite died, thanks to the medical staff on hand to assist them with oxygen and naloxone. Since it became North America's first ever legal supervised injection site in 2003, Insite has not registered a single death.
Key findings from the 2014 Illicit Drug Reporting System ("IDRS")
20 Oct 2014
A survey of people who inject drugs monitoring emerging trends in the use, price, purity and availability of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, cannabis and other drugs.
20 Oct 2014
A survey of people who inject drugs monitoring emerging trends in the use, price, purity and availability of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, cannabis and other drugs.
Addressing drug use together through a health based approach: High level civil society hearing
20 Oct 2014
To promote health approaches towards drug policies, guarantee access to essential medicines and respect the dignity of individuals must guide the future drug policies.
20 Oct 2014
To promote health approaches towards drug policies, guarantee access to essential medicines and respect the dignity of individuals must guide the future drug policies.
