Drugs And Aids In Prison

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Indonesia's Drug Fight Pushing Prison AIDS Explosion

Indonesia's war on drugs has overwhelmed its prisons, concentrating injecting drug users (IDUs) in a setting where drug use is rife and blood-borne diseases can be spread easily, advocates say. Of Indonesia's nearly 12,000 prisoners, almost 6,900... Read more »

U.N. Calls on Indonesia to Expand Drug Treatment, Curb Spread of HIV/AIDS in Prisons

United Nations officials on Thursday urged Indonesia to begin treating drug users like patients in need of clinical help and not criminals and increase the number of drug treatment facilities to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS in the country's prisons,... Read more »

Improved Drug Treatment Services Needed in Prisons to Address HIV/AIDS, Other Diseases, Editorial Says

Increased efforts are needed to curb the spread of HIV and other bloodborne diseases in prisons, "where infection rates are high and inmates can easily spread disease through unprotected sex or by sharing needles," a New York Times editorial... Read more »

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Drug Resistance in Prison

Dear Doc-I was infected by a man who was treatment naive, but had a lot of inherited resistance. We are both resistant to most PIs and many NRTIs. Hence, when we both started treatment, our doctors independently started us on Retrovir, Truvada, and...

Response from Eric Daar, M.D.

UCLA School of Medicine

I am glad to hear that you are doing so well despite having acquired drug resistant virus. You are correct that Retrovir, also known as zidovudine or AZT is generally given twice daily. There have been some studies using it once daily as part of... Read more »

hiv treatment in prisons

i am in a prison in texas.i was just diagnosed on jan.16th, how can i get treatment in prison when they say that they can not afford it?...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

You are entitled to proper health care when confined in prison. The prison system has the responsibility to provide medical care, including treatment for HIV infection and AIDS. If you are not getting treatment, you are entitled to appeal to the... Read more »

Occupational Exposure...In Prison?

Hi Dr. Bob,I have a question that's sort of a spin on the occupational exposure issue. Usually it seems that transmission of HIV through occupational exposure means needlesticks/contact with blood in a medical setting. My question is, do you...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Stacie,You can be a forensic psychologist without placing yourself at risk for bodily harm or HIV infection. However, if you are drawn to the study of "violent behavior" and yet are "terrified of everything," you really need... Read more »

Prison Officer Assault

First off, thankyou in anticipation for answering my question.I am a serving prison officer in the UK and was recently assaulted by an inmate who threw his excrement and urine over me, some of which I ingested. The inmate's medical record has...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

It is unlikely that you are at risk for infection with HIV in the unfortunate incident you describe. Only trace amounts of HIV can be detected in urine and feces. Transmission through feces or urine is only possible if blood is present.RMK... Read more »

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hiv in prison

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

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Few Men Found to Get HIV in Prison- CDC Report

"HIV Transmission Among Male Inmates in a State Prison System --- Georgia, 1992-2005" April 21, 2006
(full CDC Report follows Washington Post article)

By David Brown
Washington... Read more »

HIV in prisons

Posted by curious_about, 3 Replies

I am interested in HIV healthcare in prisons. I honestly don't know much about what goes on inside, what the difficulties are. I've been thinking about it because I work at a place that provides HIV healthcare and there has been talk about... Read more »

My boyfriend was sentenced to a year in prison

Posted by Anonymous

My former lover has been sentenced to one year in prison for
violation of his probation. He was specifically barred from
consuming alcohol, but was drinking and abusive while we were
together. I had to testify to this at his hearing, and it killed
me... Read more »

search for HIV/AIDS drugs

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Search for HIV/AIDS drugs by just leaving your computer on.
See FightAIDS@home for details.

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