HIV, Drug Policy and Harm Reduction. Outreach in Moscow, Russia,1998.

HIV, Drug Policy and Harm Reduction

Outreach in Moscow, Russia,1998

Russia: 2010

• Governments opposition to harm reduction (Ministry of Health says its illegal)

• HIV estimates – up to 1.5 mln• HIV prevalence in drug users – 37,2%

average, reaching 75% in some cities

Timequake 2003: 14th International Harm reduction

conference in Chiang Mai, Thailand

War on drug users in Thailand

~ 3000 people killed in thai drug war

32 countries in the world still have death penalties for drug offenses

Photo: Hans Jurgen Burkhart

Police check national ID cards in China and arms of Mexicans to detect drug users

Photo: Hans Jurgen Burkhart

Timequake 2004: 15th International Harm reduction

conference in Melbourne, Australia

Australia

• Country wide introduction of harm reduction measures at early stages: – Opiate substitution– Needle/syringe programs– Peer counceling– Safer injection rooms

HIV doesn’t spread in drug useresHIV in IDUs <1%32.000 HIV cases 100.000 hepatitis C directly averted by needle/syringe programs

Australia IV League

Meaningful involvement of injecting drug users plays crucial role in

* Halting the epidemic

* Building better policies

* Improving health services

Timequake 200415th International Harm reduction conference in Melbourne, Australia

Timequake 2004

Treating AIDS is NOT a Crime

Tell Iran to Free the Alaeis, AIDS Physicians Wrongfully Imprisoned Since

June 2008Sign the petition at

IranFreetheDocs.org

Dr. Kamiar Alaei Dr. Arash Alaei

Maxim Popov, Uzbekistan

Imprisoned for 7 years for distributing harm reduction and safe sex educational materials

Photo: Getty Images

Forced labor as drug “treatment” (China)

Photo: Choo Youn-Kong/AFP-Getty Images

Indonesia: chaining during ‘treatment’

Vietnam: Red fist is crushing the drug users

Photo: David Stephens

Timequake 2009: RussiaRefusal to support NSP and opiate substitution

No scientific evaluation of programs

No money for HIV prevention

We call on the Global Fund to review its eligibility criteria for upper middle income countries.

The govt’s statements of own capacities to halt the epidemic are a lie in the sake of political image.

Russia doesn’t care of it citizens.

These citizens are our friends - and they are dying.

We ask the Global Fund to help us save their lives!!!

Vienna – home to the international drug policies

Russian diplomat Yuri Fedotov appointed as head of UNODC – UNAIDS family leading agency on HIV in drug users and prisoners.

Timequake 2008:

TAYA

Russia 2004: Front AIDS

HIV: we need medicines!!!

Our deaths is your shame!!!

We will live – this is our policy!!!

Timequake 2008:

TAYA

Timequake 2008:

TAYA

we can resist!