Harm Reduction and Drug Use

A Light in the Dark: Health Services for Drug Users in St. Petersburg
August 2008

VIDEO
This multimedia piece documents the work of an OSI grantee fighting to save the lives of injecting drug users. 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

Newsflash Georgia: Citizens Mobilize to Amend Country�s Drug Laws
December 19, 2008
More than 58,000 Georgians have petitioned the government to reform the country�s punitive drug policies. more

Superheroes Raise Awareness of Lifesaving Medicines for Drug Users
August 3, 2008
OSI has launched a campaign, "Where's the Methadone?" to raise awareness about the lack of access to lifesaving drug-addiction treatments. 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

OSI Seminar: Strategies for Addressing the Health Consequences of Drug Use in Roma Communities
Sofia, Bulgaria
September 25, 2008
This OSI seminar provided technical training for Roma activists and health service providers to improve harm reduction services for Roma communities. 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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