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Women
These materials focus on women, harm reduction and HIV/AIDS.
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Substance Abuse Treatment and Care for Women: Case studies and lessons learned (2004)
UNODC
This document offers suggestions and practical examples for overcoming barriers to access, engaging women in treatment, and promoting gender-responsive treatment including the provision of: outreach services, low-threshold services, community-based rather than residential programs, and comprehensive treatment for pregnant and newly parenting women, referral networks and provision of OST, particularly methadone, with priority given to pregnant women.
Women and HIV in Prison Settings (2008)
UNODC, UNAIDS
This document examines reasons for women’s increased vulnerability to HIV in prison and makes recommendations for responding to women’s specific needs in prison including development of alternatives to incarceration, involvement of women prisoners in provision of health services, ensuring health services equivalent to those available in the community and providing comprehensive HIV prevention, care, and treatment including sterile injecting equipment, OST, ARVs, and PMTCT.
