Decisions

8.5: HIV prevention among injecting drug users

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Requests the UNAIDS Secretariat and the Cosponsors, in particular UNODC, to support national authorities to align policies, clarify roles and responsibilities of various national entities – including drug control, the penitentiary system,  public health and civil society – and support increased capacity and resources for provision of a comprehensive  package of services for injecting drug users including harm reduction programmes in relation to HIV as enumerated in  the UNAIDS/UNODC/WHO “Technical Guide for countries to set targets for Universal Access to HIV prevention, treatment and care for injecting drug users”

8.9: HIV prevention among injecting drug users

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Encourages governments to reaffirm commitment to, and intensify harm reduction efforts in relation to HIV as enumerated in the UNAIDS/UNODC/WHO “Technical Guide for countries to set targets for Universal Access to HIV prevention, treatment and care for injecting drug users”; including needle and syringe programmes and opioid substitution programmes, essential for reaching universal access to comprehensive HIV prevention, care, treatment and support for people who use drugs in accordance with relevant national circumstances

Representing Civil Society on the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board