The Tenth Meeting of the European Technical Advisory Group on Tuberculosis Control was held in Copenhagen on 9–10 November 2015. The objectives of the meeting were to:
(i) review the epidemiology of TB and drug-resistant TB in the WHO European Region, including the burdens and trends;
(ii) ...
Потребители инъекционных наркотиков (ПИН) подвержены повышенному риску инфицирования и развития туберкулеза (ТБ), независимо от их ВИЧ-статуса; ТБ является одной из ведущих причин ВИЧ-ассоциированной смертности среди ПИН. ПИН также существенно чаще инфицируются ВИЧ, гепатитом В и гепатитом С.
Профилактика, диагностика и лечение ТБ, ВИЧ и вирусного гепатита ...
People who inject drugs (PWID) are at increased risk of tuberculosis (TB). HIV further increases the risk of developing TB, with TB being a leading cause of mortality among PWID who live with HIV. Much of the evidence relates to TB among PWID; however, people ...
With this update of the consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection, WHO, for the first time, recommends that all people living with HIV be provided with antiretroviral therapy (ART). This will bring us one step closer to ...
Revisions to the April 8, 2015, version of the guidelines are largely based on findings from two large, randomized controlled trials that addressed the optimal time to initiate antiretroviral therapy (ART)—START (Strategic Timing of Antiretroviral Therapy) and TEMPRANO. Both studies demonstrated approximately a 50% reduction ...
Tremendous progress against AIDS over the last 15 years have inspired a global commitment to end the epidemic by 2030. The United Nations General Assembly agreed in June 2016 that ending AIDS by 2030 requires a Fast–Track response to reach three milestones by 2020:
Reduce ...
The field-based network of the Paris Pact Research and Liaison Officers is made up of national staff based in UNODC offices in Paris Pact “priority countries” in West and Central Asia as well as South Eastern Europe. Funding permitting, an expansion of the network along ...
Key populations — sex workers (SWs), gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM), transgender people (TG), and people who inject drugs (PWID) — are disproportionately affected by HIV. At the same time, the stigma, discrimination, and threat of criminal prosecution faced ...
Women who inject drugs are among the most vulnerable to HIV through both unsafe injections and unprotected sex. They are also among the most hidden affected populations, as they are more stigmatized than their male counterparts. Many sell sex to finance their own and their ...
В общественном сознании понятие «война с наркотиками», скорее всего, ассоциируется с образом мужчины. По официальной статистике, во всем мире, большинство людей, которые употребляют наркотики время от времени, страдают наркозависимостью или занимаются торговлей наркотиками, являются мужчинами. Однако, карательные антинаркотические законы и политика не щадят женщин и ...
This paper forms part of Phase 2 of a project undertaken by the World Health Organization and supported by the European Commission on improving access to medical products in developing countries through building capacity for local production and related technology transfer.
Phase 1 of the project ...