Publications on injecting drug use

2013

• Technical guide for countries to set targets for universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care for injecting drug users, 2012 revision
  22 January 2013

2010-2012

• Guidance on prevention of viral hepatitis B and C among people who inject drugs
  20 July 2012
• Guide on Estimating Requirements for Substances under International Control
  3 May 2012

1998-2009

• Guidelines for the psychosocially assisted pharmacological treatment of opioid dependence
  WHO Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
  31 March 2009
• Technical guide for countries to set targets for universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care for injecting drug users
  6 February 2009
• Policy guidelines for collaborative TB and HIV services for injecting and other drug users
  Evidence for action technical paper and policy brief
  15 August 2008
• Guide to starting and managing needle and syringe programmes
  14 March 2007
• Basic principles for treatment and psychosocial support of drug dependent people living with HIV/AIDS
  2 July 2006
• Evidence for action: a critical tool for guiding policies and programmes for HIV prevention, treatment and care among injecting drug users
  Editorial from the International Journal of Drug Policy
  14 December 2005
• Antiretroviral therapy and injecting drug users
  Evidence for action policy brief
  10 June 2005
• Effectiveness of drug dependence treatment in preventing HIV among injecting drug users
  Evidence for action technical paper and policy brief
  15 March 2005
• Policy and programming guide for HIV/AIDS prevention and care among injecting drug users
  14 March 2005
• WHO/UNODC/UNAIDS position paper
  2 September 2004
• Effectiveness of sterile needle and syringe programming in reducing HIV/AIDS among IDUs
  Evidence for action technical paper and policy brief
  13 July 2004
• Advocacy guide: HIV/AIDS prevention among injecting drug users
  9 June 2004
• Effectiveness of community-based outreach in preventing HIV/AIDS among injecting drug users
  Evidence for action technical paper and policy brief
  9 April 2004
• Training guide for HIV prevention outreach to injecting drug users
  Workshop manual
  16 March 2004
• Rapid assessment and response guide on injecting drug use
  WHO Substance Abuse Department
  2 May 1998

Publications by WHO Regional Offices

Chronological order

• Technical Briefs on amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS)
  8 June 2011
• Good practices in Asia : Effective paradigm shifts towards an improved national response to drugs and HIV/AIDS
  WHO WPRO, MoH Malaysia
  9 April 2011
• Report on people who inject drugs in the South-East Asia Region
  WHO SEARO
  12 September 2010
• A strategy to halt and reverse the HIV epidemic among people who inject drugs in Asia and the Pacific 2010-2015
  WHO WPRO SEARO
  19 July 2010
• Good practice in Asia: targeted HIV prevention for IDU and sex workers
  Viet nam's first large-scale national harm reduction initiative WHO/WPRO and partners
  22 February 2010
• Assessment of compulsory treatment of people who use drugs in Cambodia, China, Malaysia and Viet Nam: An application of selected human rights principles
  WHO WPRO
  2 July 2009
• Management of common health problems of drug users
  WHO SEARO
  2 July 2009
• Operational guidelines for the management of opioid dependence in the South-East Asia Region
  WHO SEARO
  1 July 2008
• HIV/AIDS care and treatment for people who inject drugs in Asia and the Pacific: an essential practice guide
  WHO SEARO WPRO | UN
  2 March 2008
• HIV/AIDS treatment and care. Clinical protocols for the WHO European Region
  WHO EURO
  2 September 2007
• A ‘step-by-step’ algorithm for the procurement of controlled substances for drug substitution treatment
  WHO SEARO WPRO
  2 August 2007
• Inside out: HIV harm reduction education in closed settings
  WHO WPRO
  3 April 2007
• Health in prisons. A WHO guide to the essentials in prison health
  WHO EURO
  3 March 2007
• The integration of harm reduction Into abstinence-based therapeutic communities: a case study of 'We Help Ourselves', Australia
  WHO WPRO
  2 September 2006
• Biregional strategy for harm reduction 2005-2009. HIV and injecting drug use
  WHO SEARO WPRO
  2 September 2005
• Guidelines on methadone therapy in Myanmar for prescribers and dispensers
  Ministry of Health, Myanmar
  1 December 2004
• Best practice in HIV/AIDS prevention and care for injecting drug abusers: the Triangular Clinic in Kermanshah, Islamic Republic of Iran
  WHO EMRO
  2 September 2004
• The practices and context of pharmacotherapy of opioid dependence in Central and Eastern Europe
  WHO Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
  2 August 2004
• Promoting the health of young people in custody
  WHO EURO
  3 February 2003
• The practices and context of pharmacotherapy of opioid dependence in South-East Asia and Western Pacific Regions
  WHO Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
  2 September 2002

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