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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.
The Canadian war on drugs: Structural violence and unequal treatment of Black Canadians
28 Mar 2014
This paper examines the impact of Canada’s war on drugs on segments of the Black community, specifically with respect to the impact of structural violence, over-policing, and high incarceration rates.
28 Mar 2014
This paper examines the impact of Canada’s war on drugs on segments of the Black community, specifically with respect to the impact of structural violence, over-policing, and high incarceration rates.
Women have been particularly affected by the war on drugs
28 Mar 2014
The number of women in prison in USA has grown by over 800% in the past three decades, partially because of the war on drugs.
28 Mar 2014
The number of women in prison in USA has grown by over 800% in the past three decades, partially because of the war on drugs.
Support. Don't Punish: Let's make 2014 even bigger
28 Mar 2014
There are just three months until the Global Day of Action on June 26th of Support. Don't Punish.
28 Mar 2014
There are just three months until the Global Day of Action on June 26th of Support. Don't Punish.
We have consensus Houston
27 Mar 2014
Largely unreported in the mainstream media at the recently concluded 57th session of CND in Vienna were clear consensus statements on what science tells us today on drugs and harm reduction.
27 Mar 2014
Largely unreported in the mainstream media at the recently concluded 57th session of CND in Vienna were clear consensus statements on what science tells us today on drugs and harm reduction.
Palliative care advocacy at CND Vienna
25 Mar 2014
Palliative care advocates have been working hard to ensure essential medicines including morphine are readily available for treating pain.
25 Mar 2014
Palliative care advocates have been working hard to ensure essential medicines including morphine are readily available for treating pain.
Physicians demand global drug policy reform in UN meeting
21 Mar 2014
Physicians without access to essential medicines can’t do that. We call on UN agencies to focus on supporting low income countries in order to ensure proper access to drugs for medicinal purposes.
21 Mar 2014
Physicians without access to essential medicines can’t do that. We call on UN agencies to focus on supporting low income countries in order to ensure proper access to drugs for medicinal purposes.
Postcard From Vienna: Europe's stance on international drug policy
11 Mar 2014
Europe's pioneering policies on harm reduction to tackle the HIV epidemic are now part and parcel of internationally recognized policy -- the WHO, UNAIDS and UNODC.
11 Mar 2014
Europe's pioneering policies on harm reduction to tackle the HIV epidemic are now part and parcel of internationally recognized policy -- the WHO, UNAIDS and UNODC.
Hepatitis C medicines must be made accessible faster than HIV drugs were
10 Mar 2014
It took decades for HIV/Aids drugs to reach the world's poorest – history must not be repeated with hepatitis C treatments.
10 Mar 2014
It took decades for HIV/Aids drugs to reach the world's poorest – history must not be repeated with hepatitis C treatments.
No universal health coverage without strong local health systems
4 Mar 2014
This OpED by the Community of Practice “Health Service Delivery” highlights how the universal health coverage will not happen without strengthening local health systems.
4 Mar 2014
This OpED by the Community of Practice “Health Service Delivery” highlights how the universal health coverage will not happen without strengthening local health systems.
