8.5: HIV prevention among injecting drug users

Decisions30 June 2009 by admin[PDF][print]

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”

Representing Civil Society on the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board