Open Society and Soros Foundation
about usinitiativesgrants and scholarshipsresource centernewsroom
Contact
Search

Stay informed with periodic news and announcements from the Public Health Program.

Soros Foundations

The Public Health Program works closely with individual Soros foundations to implement policies and support local organizations. Find out more about Soros foundations.

Spotlight

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

overview

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

news & announcements

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

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

Publications & Articles

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

share  print  print

About Us  |  Initiatives  |  Grants, Scholarships & Fellowships  |  Resource Center  |  Newsroom  |  Site Map  |  About this Site  |  Contact


Creative Commons License
Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative License.
©2008 Open Society Institute. Some rights reserved.

400 West 59th Street  |  New York, NY 10019, U.S.A.  |  Tel 1-212-548-0600

OSI-New York, OSI-Budapest, OSF-London, OSI-Paris and OSI-Brussels are separate organizations that operate independently
yet cooperate informally with each other. This website, a joint presentation, is intended to promote each organization’s interests.