Harm Reduction & HIV
Harm Reduction Overview
- Principles of Harm Reduction (Regularly Updated)
From Harm Reduction Coalition
- NGOs Support Harm Reduction Declaration (June 7, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- New York City Harm Reduction Programs in Peril (April 12, 2011)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
- Use Evidence-Based Outcomes on Harm Reduction to Prevent New HIV Infections, Lancet Editorial Says (April 6, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Harm Reduction and HIV (November 14, 2010)
To read PDF, click here.
From AIDS InfoNet
- Assistant Secretary Dr. Howard Koh Highlights Drug Prevention Month (November 3, 2010)
From AIDS.gov
- Taiwan Harm Reduction Program for IDUs Praised at International Conference (April 28, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Rift With European Union as United States Sticks to Bush Line on "War on Drugs" (February 3, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- U.S. Harm Reduction Programs: The Cloud in the Silver Lining (January 9, 2009)
A closer look at the lives of the heroic people who make needle exchanges and other harm-reduction programs possible in the U.S., but whose own drug problems may go untreated, with tragic results.
In The Wall Street Journal
- What is Harm Reduction? (2009)
From HIV/AIDS Asia Regional Program
- Seventh National Harm Reduction Conference in Florida (PDF) (November 13-16, 2008)
Conference agenda.
From Harm Reduction Coalition
- Harm Reduction 2008 (PDF) (May 11-15, 2008)
Full conference program with all abstracts.
From International Harm Reduction Association
- Harm Reduction All Around (November/December 2005)
What is harm reduction, exactly? Social worker Mary Lynn Hemphill explains.
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In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Ten Things You Can Do to Practice Harm Reduction If You Use Drugs (2005)
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In Ten Simple Things You Can Do ..., from Body Positive
- Harm Reduction for Methamphetamine Users: A Counselor's Perspective (July 27, 2004)
Susan Kingston, a specialist in HIV-prevention strategies for substance-using men who have sex with men, discusses how counselors can address the harms of meth and handle clients who experience paranoia.
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In STEP Ezine, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
- Success of Antiretroviral Drugs Creates Need for Increased Education Among High-Risk Groups, Editorial Says (September 15, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Meeting Clients "Where They Are" (January/February 2003)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Tales of a Housepunk Nothing, Or: I Was a Twenty-Something Outreach Worker (September 2002)
The struggles of being a harm reductionist.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Harm Reduction (1998)
In The Encyclopedia of AIDS
- Alternative to Jail: Hope for Incarcerated PWAs (October 1997)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Drug Use or No Drug Use (September 1997)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- The Latest Breakthroughs in Recovery From Addiction (July 1997)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Defining Harm Reduction (April 1997)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Interventions to Prevent HIV Risk Behaviors (February 11-13, 1997)
From U.S. National Institutes of Health
- Substance Abuse and AIDS: Report from the Front Lines (The Impact on Professionals) (1992)
In Lesbians and Gay Men: Chemical Dependency Treatment Issues, from Harrington Park Press
- The Straight Dope (Various dates)
A collection of information/advice pamphlets aimed at giving drug users the power to make rational, safer and informed decisions about their drug use.
From Harm Reduction Coalition
Harm Reduction With Non-Intravenous Drugs
- Free Crack Mouthpieces on the Way to British Columbia (January 4, 2008)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Canada: Province to Fund Crack-Pipe Program in City (December 27, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Canada: Crack Users Say Pipe Program Helps Them Stay Healthy (October 7, 2005)
In 2004, Ottawa augmented its needle-exchange program with an initiative to distribute clean pipe kits to crack cocaine users.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Treating Crystal Meth Dependency: An Interview With Yves-Michel Fontaine (July/August 2005)
Fontaine is a substance use counselor and educator who has worked at Gay Men's Health Crisis in New York.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Cocaine Addiction Treatment Dramatically Lowers HIV Risk (May 20, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Intensive Cocaine Use Fueling HIV Epidemic in Vancouver (May 19, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Club Drug Use and HIV/AIDS: Prevention and Harm Reduction (December 2002)
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In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
- Methadone Maintenance (July 1997)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
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