Drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS: Lessons Learned - Case Studies Booklet - Central and Eastern Europe and the Central Asian States (UNAIDS, 2001, 113 p.)

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Note of clarification

Preface

Acknowledgements

Contributors

Explanatory notes

Summary

Introduction

I. Fieldwork

Introduction

Belarus - Involving young people, non-governmental organizations and the target population in preventing HIV/AIDS

Bulgaria - Outreach work on HIV/AIDS prevention among out-of-treatment injecting drug users

Lithuania - Facilitating access to services for out-of-treatment drug users

Lithuania - Developing substitution treatment as part of comprehensive addiction treatment services

Russian Federation - Reaching young injecting drug users in the community and in hospitals through outreach work and peer support

Russian Federation - Reaching drug users through mobile services for HIV prevention

Slovakia - HIV/AIDS prevention among drug-using sex workers

Slovenia - Facilities for drug users and people with HIV

Slovenia - Network of Centres for the Prevention and Treatment of Drug

II. Political mobilization and development of a national strategy

Introduction

Belarus - Coordinating HIV/AIDS prevention on a national basis *

Hungary - Addressing HIV/AIDS prevention among injecting drug users within the framework of the national strategy

Kazakhstan - Developing HIV/AIDS prevention in Central Asian countries

Poland - Facilitating access to sterile injecting equipment as part of the national comprehensive strategy to prevent the spread of infections among injecting drug users *

Ukraine - Five years of HIV/AIDS prevention among injecting drug users at the epicentre of the epidemic *

III. Training and networking

Introduction

Russian Federation - Linking risk assessment and response to HIV/AIDS*

Ukraine - Exchange of best practice and networking in the Commonwealth of Independent States

Central and Eastern Europe - Peer advice for HIV preventive services through a regional network

Czech Republic - Empowering workers at the grass-roots level to develop service quality standards and to contribute to advocacy

IV. Conclusions: Challenges and lessons learned

Background

Common challenges

Lessons learned

Glossary