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Developmental problems of children born to women with HIV linked to substance use and HIV, not antiretrovirals

Pre-term births and developmental problems in children born to mothers with HIV are associated with HIV infection, substance use and smoking, Canadian researchers have reported in

Published
11 September 2018
By
Keith Alcorn
Harm reduction
Safe-injection legal battle brewing in SF — health intervention or drug den?

If Gov. Jerry Brown goes along, San Francisco plans to establish what could be the nation’s first legal, supervised safe injection site for drug users. But there’s a potentially serious legal obstacle: a 3-decade-old federal law that was directed at shutting down dens of crack cocaine dealers and users.

Published
07 September 2018
From
San Francisco Chronicle
Harm reduction
New program boosts use of HIV medications in injection-drug users

A relatively simple effort to provide counseling and connect injection-drug users with resources could prove powerful against the spread of HIV in a notoriously hard-to-reach population, new research suggests.

Published
31 August 2018
From
Eurekalert Inf Dis
Harm reduction
Safe injection plan could face federal challenge

San Francisco Mayor London Breed and community advocates opened a realistic model safe injection site in the Tenderloin Wednesday, August 29, as Governor Jerry Brown makes a decision about state legislation to authorize a working pilot program and the U.S. attorney general's office warns that such efforts could face "aggressive action."

Published
30 August 2018
From
Bay Area Reporter
HIV prevention policy
Iran Struggles To Deal With Its AIDS Problem

Despite the government’s pledge to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, the number of individuals suffering from AIDS/HIV in Iran has been steadily rising.

Published
28 August 2018
From
The Iranian
Epidemiology
The CDC Predicted An Opioid-Driven HIV Outbreak. Now It's Found One In Massachusetts.

An HIV outbreak in Massachusetts has grown to 129 confirmed cases, state officials said, an alarming cluster largely driven by drug users sharing needles.

Published
28 August 2018
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BuzzFeed News
Harm reduction
UK study finds buprenorphine’s lifesaving lead over methadone has been undermined by poorer retention

This study compared two types of opioid substitution treatment, testing the theory that buprenorphine is associated with a lower risk of mortality than methadone. An analysis of patient care records found that during treatment at UK primary care practices, buprenorphine was consistently associated with lower rates of overall mortality and drug-related poisoning deaths than methadone. However, across the population buprenorphine is unlikely to give greater overall protection because of the relatively short duration of treatment.

Published
24 August 2018
From
Drug & Alcohol Findings
Harm reduction
Melbourne injecting room already saving lives

After all the fracas, the Medically Supervised Injecting Room is hitting all KPIs, as NSW calls for more rooms in needy areas, writes Angelo Pricolo

Published
23 August 2018
From
Australian Journal of Pharmacy
Harm reduction
Epidemic modeling studies in Russia and Mexico show urgent need for effective drug policy reform implementation

In a pair of new modeling studies, researchers examined how policy reform in terms of drug decriminalization (in Mexico) and access to drug treatment (in Russia) might affect two regions hard hit by the HIV pandemic: Tijuana, Mexico and the Russian cities of Omsk and Ekaterinburg.

Published
20 August 2018
From
Science Daily
Harm reduction
People with HIV receiving methadone and HIV drugs spend less time with detectable viral load

People on methadone maintenance treatment spent less time with a detectable viral load above 1500 copies/ml, potentially reducing the risk of HIV transmission, a study presented at

Published
10 August 2018
By
Keith Alcorn
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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