This briefing paper aims to raise awareness about the widespread and severe impact of GBV on women and people of diverse gender identity and expression who use drugs, as well as the strong connection between GBV and the HIV epidemic within these populations. It outlines practical responses that harm reduction providers and allied services can adopt to address violence and support the rights and health of these groups. The paper also demonstrates how a gender-responsive approach to drug use can improve outcomes for women and gender-diverse individuals by reducing harm, increasing access to...

Background:

Since 1996, an urban community-based organization has been providing screening, testing, overdose prevention, referrals, and access to treatment for substance use disorders (SUD) and communicable diseases such as HIV through its Life Points harm reduction program.

Methods:

In 2021, the organization recruited a convenience sample of people who use drugs for a survey focused on substance use, healthcare, and barriers to SUD services. Community health workers conducted outreach and collected data using an encrypted identifier. Paper surveys were entered into Qualtrics for analysis...

Background

Since 1996, an urban community-based organisation whose primary mission is to serve diverse94 and emerging community health needs has provided screening, testing, overdose prevention and training, referrals, and access to treatment for substance use disorders (SUD) and communicable diseases such as HIV through its Life Points harm reduction program.

Methods

As a partner in a State survey in 2021, the community organisation recruited a convenience sample of people who use drugs to participate in a survey focused on their substance use, healthcare, and barriers to SUD services...

At the 10th International Conference on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users, held in Glasgow, Scotland, international policymakers gathered to discuss the global overdose crisis and the role that supervised consumption sites can play in helping end these needless and preventable deaths.

The policy brief

A new policy brief is now available that summarises the day’s discussions and provides a starting point for those wanting to know more about supervised consumption rooms and their impact.

It includes:

• Evidence of success
• Global case studies
• Evaluation models 
• Implementation...

یکپارچه کردن مراقبت های مرتبط با اچ آی وی با درمان اختلال مصرف مواد فرصتی را برای پاسخگویی بهتر به نیازهای افرادی که با این شرایط زندگی می کنند، فراهم می کند. افراد مبتلا به اختلال مصرف مواد به ویژه با سیاست های غالب، نابرابری های ساختاری و ننگ آسیب پذیر می شوند.

در این مقاله سری، نویسندگان به تجزیه و تحلیل ادبیات موجود و شواهد امپراتوری از بررسی های scoping در طرح های ادغام برای درمان اچ آی وی و اختلال مصرف مواد، درک موانع و تسهیل کنندگان ادغام مراقبت و نقشه راه های رو به جلو.

آنها در مورد چگونگی رویکردهای ادغام به دو شکاف اصلی در مدل های فعلی بحث می کنند: عدم در نظر گرفتن حقوق بشر در هنگام...

This side event for the 65th Commission on Narcotic Drugs was originally presented on 14 March, 2022. Organised by INPUD, it was co-sponsored by Médecins du Monde, UNAIDS, UNODC HIV/AIDS Section, the Netherlands and Australia.

In 2021, thanks to significant advocacy work by people who use drugs and other key population networks, both the Global AIDS Strategy 2022-2026 and the 2021 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS committed Member States to fulfill bold new targets on ‘social enablers’ which have significant implications concerning drug policy.

This event reviewed this advocacy work and...