HIV quickly gained epidemic proportions in Russia after the fall of communism, but until recently harm reduction has involved comprehensive monitoring and not much else. After the fall: the rise of HIV in Russia (PDF)
Tag Archive for AIDS/HIV
Druglink article 2006 – The kit to make a hit by Jenny Scott
Over the last three years, new laws have enabled services to supply the core components of injecting paraphernalia. Yet there are still barriers to overcome to ensure equipment is supplied and used properly. The kit to make a hit (PDF)
Druglink article 2006 – The works party comedown by Jamie Bridge
Despite its position on the frontline in the battle against blood-borne viruses, needle exchange is being hampered by apathy and blinkered thinking. Jamie Bridge warns there is much to be done if we are to combat the spread of hepatitis…
Druglink article 2006 – The fruits of fear by Radhika Holmstrom
Twenty years ago, in the midst of Margaret Thatcher’s Britain, drug users were being handed free needles to inject more drugs. Radhika Holmstrom looks at the birth and development of needle exchanges The fruits of fear (PDF)
Druglink article 2005 – Injecting new life into harm reduction by Russell Newcombe
Britain’s success in containing the spread HIV since the 1980s is one of its greatest public health achievements. But since then, says Russell Newcombe, our record on harm reduction has been feeble. Injecting new life into harm reduction (PDF)
Druglink article 2004 – The downside of Eastside by Mike Ashton
Established in 1989, Vancouver’s Eastside needle exchange grew to be the largest in North America, distributing over two million needles and syringes a year. But by 1995, Vancouver’s low rate of HIV infection suddenly tripled within 18 months. Researchers moved…
Druglink article 2010 – The dark side of table mountain by John-Peter Kools
The car flags have been removed, the vuvuzelas are silent. The 2010 World Cup party is over and South Africa has returned to daily reality. And, reports John-Peter Kools, it’s a reality of poverty, HIV, ‘tic’ and heroin in the deprived zones of…
Druglink article 2001 – Needle in a haystack: rural injecting by Noel Craine, Mark Walker, Tom Carnwath and Hilary Klee
Safer injecting in rural areas is not easy; geography, local businesses and the closeness of communities can all cause problems. Needle in a haystack: rural injecting (PDF) Additional keywords: needle exchange
Druglink article 2013 – Meph lining by Michael Bird
In Romania, following a switch from heroin to legal highs among injecting drug users, new cases of HIV have boomed. Meph lining (PDF)
Druglink article 2013 – New York Notes: The loneliness of the addict activist by Maia Szalavitz
It’s hard to convey the sense of crisis felt by people using intravenous drugs and facing AIDS in the early ‘90s: in New York, at least half of needle users were already infected – at least 100,000 people – and there was no treatment, let alone…