Detention as Treatment
May 2010
This Open Society Institute report documents the arbitrary detention of thousands of drug users, mostly young people, in Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand.

Making Harm Reduction Work for Women: The Ukrainian Experience
April 2010
Through a series of small grants, OSI helped harm reduction programs in Ukraine implement services tailored to meet the needs of women. This report documents the experiences of the programs and offers recommendations for developing an effective system of care for women who use drugs.

Lowering the Threshold
March 2010
This OSI report documents methadone and buprenorphine programs that seek, in the spirit of harm reduction, to meet patients “where they’re at” and minimize bureaucratic requirements.

A Wasted Opportunity
March 2010
EU Structural Funds have the potential to make a significant positive impact on the lives of people with disabilities in Central and Eastern Europe. Yet, as documented in this OSI-funded report, governments are using the funds to continue segregating people with disabilities in large, archaic institutions.

Buyer Beware? Global Fund Grants and Procurement of Harm Reduction Supplies in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
October 2009
In Eastern Europe and Central Asia, support from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has increased availability of harm reduction services and supplies, but a recent influx of poor quality supplies is threatening the success of harm reduction programs.

Twin Epidemics: The Struggle Against Tuberculosis and HIV
December 2008
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A series of multimedia pieces spotlighting OSI-supported efforts to address the needs of people dually infected with drug-resistant TB and HIV in Africa.

Public Health Community Opposes UNESCO-Obiang Prize
May 26, 2010
Public health professionals and scientists from around the world have joined with the Open Society Institute to condemn a UNESCO prize named for the dictator of Equatorial Guinea.

Governments in Southeast Asia Detain Thousands in Abusive Drug Detention Centers
Press Release
May 7, 2010
A new OSI report documents the arbitrary detention of thousands of drug users, mostly young people, in Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand. While the detention is supposedly for treatment, people in the centers do not receive medical care and are subjected to routine physical and sexual abuse.

Gathering Evidence for Advocacy in Health: Applying Community Monitoring Frameworks, Tools, and Methods
Budapest, Hungary
March 23, 2010
OSI held a workshop for health and human rights advocacy organizations on using community monitoring tools to advance their advocacy goals. The workshop provided advocates with innovative methods for holding governments accountable for the management of public resources.

OSI Supports New Generation of Roma Health Professionals in Romania
March 4, 2010
OSI and the Roma Education Fund launched the third year of a groundbreaking health and pharmacy scholarship program for Roma medical students and health professionals in Romania.

OSI and Stop TB Partnership Develop Human Rights Taskforce
March 2010
OSI’s Public Health Watch project is working with the Stop TB Partnership to form a taskforce focused on protecting human rights and improving care for people who are living with tuberculosis.

Thai Group Successfully Advocates for HIV Services for Women Prisoners in Chiang Mai
March 2010
OSI’s Public Health Watch project supported the Thai AIDS Treatment Action Group to assess and advocate for health and HIV services for women prisoners in Chiang Mai.