The South Asia Region AIDS team organized an inter country consultation on preventing HIV among injecting drug users (IDUs). The consultation was cosponsored by UNODC, DFID, AusAID, SIDA, the India National AIDS Control Organization and the West Bengal State AIDS Control Society. The consultation was held in Kolkata, India from 10-13 April, 2007 and brought together more than 70 participants including country teams from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Myanmar. In addition to regional experts, international experts attended from the US, Australia, the UK, and Vietnam.
Participants at Inter-Country Consultation on HIV prevention among IDUs, Kolkata
The multi-sector country teams participating in the consultation presented their country situations and challenges and identified actions to scale up HIV prevention among IDUs. The actions will be supported by the participating development partners at national and regional levels.
In connection with the inter country consultation, UNODC launched a report by the Lawyers Collective HIV/AIDS Unit on the legal and policy concerns related to IDU harm reduction in SAARC countries.
updated May 8, 2007
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