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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818859303321

Titolo

High coverage sites : HIV prevention among injecting drug users in transitional and developing countries : case studies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : UNAIDS, 2006

ISBN

1-280-95330-6

9786610953301

92-9173-602-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (80 p.)

Collana

UNAIDS best practice collection

Disciplina

362.196/97920091724

Soggetti

AIDS (Disease) - Developing countries - Prevention

Intravenous drug abusers - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Tables; Abbreviations and Terms; Executive Summary; 1. Introduction and Methods; Definitions; 2. Case Studies: Eastern Europe; 2.1 Soligorsk, Belarus; 2.1.1 Summary; 2.1.2 Drug use and HIV situation; 2.1.3 History; 2.1.4 Features of services; 2.1.5 Coverage; 2.1.6 Maintaining and expanding coverage; 2.1.7 Further reading; 2.2 Pskov, Russian Federation; 2.2.1 Summary; 2.2.2 Drug use and HIV situation; 2.2.3 History; 2.2.4 Features of services; 2.2.5 Coverage; 2.2.6 Maintaining and expanding coverage; 2.2.7 Further reading; 2.3 Sumy, Ukraine; 2.3.1 Summary

2.3.2 Drug use and HIV situation2.3.3 History; 2.3.4 Features of services; 2.3.5 Coverage; 2.3.6 Maintaining and expanding coverage; 2.3.7 Further reading; 3. Case Studies: Asia; 3.1 Dhaka, People's Republic of Bangladesh; 3.1.1 Summary; 3.1.2 Drug use and HIV situation; 3.1.3 History; 3.1.4 Features of services; 3.1.5 Coverage; 3.1.6 Maintaining and expanding coverage; 3.1.7 Further reading; 3.2 Rajshahi, People's Republic of Bangladesh; 3.2.1 Summary; 3.2.2 Drug use and HIV situation; 3.2.3 History; 3.2.4 Features of services; 3.2.5 Coverage; 3.2.6 Maintaining and expanding coverage

3.2.7 Further reading3.3 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong SAR), People's Republic of China; 3.3.1 Summary; 3.3.2 Drug use and HIV situation; 3.3.3 History; 3.3.4 Features of services;



3.3.5 Coverage; 3.3.6 Maintaining and expanding coverage; 3.3.7 Further reading; 4. Case Studies: Latin America; 4.1 Salvador, Brazil; 4.1.1 Summary; 4.1.2 Drug use and HIV situation; 4.1.3 History; 4.1.4 Features of services; 4.1.5 Coverage; 4.1.6 Maintaining and expanding coverage; 4.1.7 Further reading; 5. Lessons learnt: High-coverage sites; 5.1 Common features of high-coverage programmes

5.2 Challenges for comprehensive HIV-related programmes5.3 Minimal coverage monitoring and estimation; 5.4 Recommendations for further research

Sommario/riassunto

UNAIDS commissioned this report to investigate programmes and sites in low-income and transitional countries which were regarded by international authorities as 'high coverage sites' -that is, where more than 50% of injecting drug users had been reached by one or more HIV-prevention interventions. The most significant finding is that high level coverage can be attained by interventions addressing HIV among injecting drug users in developing and transitional countries. The seven case studies each include a description of the development of the programme and features of the services provided, an