Pregnant women who use drugs are demonized by lawmakers, the media and society despite little scientific proof of harm to their offspring. What they really need is access to evidence-based, compassionate and non-judgmental care.
Archive for the “Health” Category
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Posted in: Europe, Health, Rights & Equality
Topics: drug policy, drug treatment, harm reduction, pregnancy, public health, Rebecca Tolson, Russia, Ukraine, women
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The sooner that governments get police out of health care and drug users out of detention, the sooner universal access to HIV prevention and treatment will move from aspiration to reality.
Posted in: Asia, Europe, Health, Justice, Latin America & the Caribbean
Topics: Daniel Wolfe, drug policy, harm reduction, HIV/AIDS, Malaysia, police abuse
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The Russian Ministry of Health has been on the defensive for the past few months, denying charges that it has failed to prioritize the needs of people with AIDS, resulting in widespread treatment interruptions.
Topics: Daniel Wolfe, drug policy, HIV/AIDS, human rights, public health, Russia
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Women living with HIV in many parts of the world are being sterilized unnecessarily and without their consent. Now, women in Namibia are fighting back against this abusive practice.
Posted in: Africa, Health, Justice
Topics: forced sterilization, HIV/AIDS, Lydia Guterman, Namibia, video, women, women's rights
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Nearly two decades after signing UN conventions against inhumane treatment, Armenia continues to lock away people with mental disabilities in abusive institutions.
Posted in: Europe, Health, Rights & Equality
Topics: Anahit Papikyan, Armenia, intellectual disability, mental health, patient’s rights
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Funding from wealthy nations can greatly improve child welfare in poorer countries, but it will require political commitment from government leaders.
Posted in: Europe, Health, Rights & Equality
Topics: children, Georgia, Judith Klein, mental disabilities, USAID
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The case of Switzerland shows that effective, pragmatic drug policy can be built, even in an environment of political conservatism.
Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability, Health
Topics: drug policy, drug treatment, Europe, harm reduction, Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch, needle exchange, switzerland, video
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The Street Lawyers of Copenhagen are recognized worldwide for making a tremendous impact in improving the health and rights of some of the most marginalized members of society: homeless drug users.
Posted in: Europe, Health, Rights & Equality
Topics: Denmark, drug policy, harm reduction, law and health, legal aid, Russia, Tatyana Margolin, Ukraine
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An investigation in Bulgaria has uncovered hundreds of deaths of children with mental disabilities. Will the people responsible be held accountable?
Posted in: Education & Youth, Europe, Health, Rights & Equality
Topics: Bulgaria, deinstitutionalization, European Union, intellectual disability, Judith Klein, mental health
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Human rights groups are rallying behind two men in Kenya who were sentenced to prison for failing to take their TB medicine.
Topics: Erin Howe, human rights, Kenya, tuberculosis