Harm Reduction and Drug Use

OSI Mourns Passing of Documentary Photographer John Ranard
OSI mourned the passing of documentary photographer John Ranard, who spent several years documenting Russia's injection-driven HIV. more

About OSI & Harm Reduction
The International Harm Reduction Development Program, part of OSI's Public Health Program, focuses on diminishing the individual and social harms associated with drug use�particularly the risk of HIV infection�through innovative measures based on the philosophy of harm reduction. more

Leading Groups Petition to Protect Human Rights of Drug Users on UN Anti-Drug Day
June 26, 2008
More than 400 leading HIV, public health, and human rights organizations in 78 countries endorsed a petition that urges the UN to address drug use through public health measures rather than through punitive policies. more

Newsflash Indonesia: Activists Call for End to Human Rights Abuses Against Drug Users
June 2008
Indonesian activists demanded an end to human rights violations of people who use drugs, during protests and demonstrations marking the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on June 26. more

First Nongovernmental Methadone Program Launched in Roma Community in Bulgaria
June 2008
Beginning in May 2008, with the support of the OSI Roma Health Project, the Initiative for Health Foundation has launched a methadone maintenance program in Sofia, Bulgaria. more

Strategies for Change: Breaking Barriers to HIV Prevention, Treatment and Care for Women
Sheraton Maria Isabel, Mexico City
August 2, 2008
OSI is convening a symposium in advance of the International AIDS Conference to discuss legal, economic, advocacy, and treatment strategies for a more "women-friendly" response to HIV. more

Nothing About Us Without Us
May 2008
This report and manifesto addresses the fact that millions of people who use drugs remain largely unrepresented in public health decisions, including responses to HIV and hepatitis C epidemics. more

Barriers to Access: Medication-Assisted Treatment and Injection-Driven HIV Epidemics
April 2008
Life-saving, medication-assisted addiction treatment remains largely inaccessible in developing and transitional countries with injection-driven HIV epidemics, as this OSI fact sheet documents. more

Police, Harm Reduction, and HIV
April 2008
This fact sheet describes how police practices help fuel HIV epidemics by driving drug users away from lifesaving care while doing little to stem drug use, and discusses how police and health providers can work together to save lives. more

Harm Reduction Developments 2008
March 2008
This OSI report provides a snapshot of key developments in HIV prevention, policy, and treatment for injecting drug users in countries with injection-driven HIV epidemics. more

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