Protecting the health and human rights of people who use drugs
The UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé, has taken part in a round-table meeting on demand reduction and health-related measures at the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the World Drug Problem, taking place in New York, United States of America, from 19 to 21 April.
UNAIDS urges countries to move towards a public health and human rights approach to people who use drugs
UNAIDS welcomes the United Nations General Assembly’s call for Member States to consider effective public health measures to improve outcomes for people who use drugs and urges countries to implement programmes that reduce the impact of the harms associated with drug use.
UNAIDS urges countries to adopt a people-, rights- and health-centred approach to reverse the HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs
A new UNAIDS report says insufficient coverage of harm reduction programmes and policies that criminalize and marginalize people who inject drugs are failing to reduce new HIV infections
