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ARVS 4 IDUS
Background documents and program information on providing Antiretroviral(ARV)Treatment for Injecting Drug Users(IDUs).
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A Public Health Approach for Scaling Up Antiretroviral (ARV) Treatment: A Toolkit for Programme Managers (2003)
World Health Organization
This toolkit provides practical guidance on the process of planning and implementing antiretroviral (ARV) treatment programs in resource-limited settings.
Taking Action Against HIV (2007)
Inter-parliamentary Union (IPU), UNAIDS & UNDP
This handbook is a call to action for parliamentary leaders to remove legislative barriers currently preventing full implementation of an evidence-informed and rights-based response to HIV. HIV and drug use: pp 175-185
Technical Guide for Countries to Set Targets for Universal Access to HIV prevention, Treatment and Care for Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) (2009)
WHO/UNODC/UNAIDS
New guidelines for countries on setting national targets for scaling-up toward universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care for injecting drug users including a comprehensive list of core interventions for IDUs and indicators or benchmarks useful for program monitoring and evaluation.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon: Remarks on Handover of the Report of the Commission on AIDS in Asia (2008)
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
The Secretary-General voices his strong support for the recommendations of the Independent Commission on AIDS in Asia. The report highlights the need to focus the bulk of prevention efforts on the three largest at-risk populations in Asia: sex workers, injecting drug users, and men who have sex with men; calls for comprehensive harm reduction programs for injecting drug users; and is critical of the criminalization of drug use, and “war on drugs” programs.
