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Availability, Coverage and Barriers Towards Condom Provision in Prisons: A Review of the Evidence

Babak Moazen, Kate Dolan, Rebecca Bosworth, Priscilla N. Owusu, Peter Wiessner, Heino Stöver

Sexual contacts are an undeniable fact among prisoners around the world. However, policy makers and prison governors as well as medical services deny the existence of same-sex-activities in prisons. Homophobia is a global concept of denial of human variety of sexual identity. Once again the...

Tags: Health care professionals, Policy makers, Prisoners (ex-), WHO European region, Harm reduction, Inequalities in health, Laws and regulations, Legislation

Type of publication: Report

Policy Brief: Improving the delivery of integrated services for people who inject drugs

HA-REACT Policy Brief WP7 - Integrated care

Policy Brief: Improving the delivery of integrated services for people who inject drugs

HA-REACT - Joint Action on HIV and Co-infection Prevention and Harm Reduction

The risk of HIV, viral hepatitis and TB among people who use drugs (PWID) is many times greater than that of the general population. Delivering integrated care and improving linkage to care can reduce costs; improve quality of care, health outcomes and quality of life; and ultimately save lives...

Tags: Migrants, Policy makers, Global, Care and support

Type of publication: Other

An assessment of barriers to access to HIV and HCV services for people who inject drugs in Europe

Joint Action on HIV and Co-infection Prevention and Harm Reduction (HA-REACT)

People who inject drugs (PWID) have become one of the most vulnerable populations in Europe to not only get infected by HIV and/or hepatitis C (HCV) but also to not be able to access testing, care and treatment services. In order to reach UNAIDS goals to end HIV and WHO goals to eliminate HCV in...

Tags: Health care professionals, WHO European region, Affordability, Care and support, Harm reduction, Monitoring and Evaluation, Testing and counselling

Type of publication: Report

Guideline on population size estimates of people who inject drugs and Harm Reduction coverage

HA-REACT - Joint Action on HIV and Co-infection Prevention and Harm Reduction

The sole objective of this guideline is to summarize and educate about highly useful concepts for scaling up harm reduction in any country.

The Joint Action on HIV and Co-Infection Prevention and Harm Reduction (HA-REACT) is addressing the gaps that exist in the prevention of HIV and...

Tags: Health care professionals, NGOs, Policy makers, Global, Harm reduction

Type of publication: Guidelines

Harm Reduction Services in Synergy between Institutions and NGOs: The Croatian Experience

HA-REACT Joint Action on HIV and Co-infection Prevention and Harm Reduction

Harm Reduction is a public health approach focused on people who use drugs, primarily on people who inject drugs. This video introduces how NGOs and public health institutions in Croatia collaborate to reduce harm for people who use drugs and how harm reduction services benefit to people who use...

Tags: General public, Health care professionals, Injecting drug users (IDUs), NGOs, People living with HIV (PLHIV), People who use drugs (PUD), Southern Europe, Advocacy, Care and support, Harm reduction, Laws and regulations

Type of publication: Video

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Availability, Coverage and Barriers Towards Condom Provision in Prisons: A Review of the Evidence

Policy Brief: Improving the delivery of integrated services for people who inject drugs

An assessment of barriers to access to HIV and HCV services for people who inject drugs in Europe

Guideline on population size estimates of people who inject drugs and Harm Reduction coverage

Harm Reduction Services in Synergy between Institutions and NGOs: The Croatian Experience

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