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People who use drugs, HIV, and human rights.

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Jürgens, R; Csete, J; Amon, JJ; Baral, S; Beyrer, C
Published in: Lancet
August 7, 2010

We reviewed evidence from more than 900 studies and reports on the link between human rights abuses experienced by people who use drugs and vulnerability to HIV infection and access to services. Published work documents widespread abuses of human rights, which increase vulnerability to HIV infection and negatively affect delivery of HIV programmes. These abuses include denial of harm-reduction services, discriminatory access to antiretroviral therapy, abusive law enforcement practices, and coercion in the guise of treatment for drug dependence. Protection of the human rights of people who use drugs therefore is important not only because their rights must be respected, protected, and fulfilled, but also because it is an essential precondition to improving the health of people who use drugs. Rights-based responses to HIV and drug use have had good outcomes where they have been implemented, and they should be replicated in other countries.

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Lancet

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EISSN

1474-547X

Publication Date

August 7, 2010

Volume

376

Issue

9739

Start / End Page

475 / 485

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Substance Abuse, Intravenous
  • Prisons
  • Humans
  • Human Rights Abuses
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • HIV Infections
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Drug and Narcotic Control
  • Crime
  • 42 Health sciences
 

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Jürgens, R., Csete, J., Amon, J. J., Baral, S., & Beyrer, C. (2010). People who use drugs, HIV, and human rights. Lancet, 376(9739), 475–485. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60830-6
Jürgens, Ralf, Joanne Csete, Joseph J. Amon, Stefan Baral, and Chris Beyrer. “People who use drugs, HIV, and human rights.Lancet 376, no. 9739 (August 7, 2010): 475–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60830-6.
Jürgens R, Csete J, Amon JJ, Baral S, Beyrer C. People who use drugs, HIV, and human rights. Lancet. 2010 Aug 7;376(9739):475–85.
Jürgens, Ralf, et al. “People who use drugs, HIV, and human rights.Lancet, vol. 376, no. 9739, Aug. 2010, pp. 475–85. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60830-6.
Jürgens R, Csete J, Amon JJ, Baral S, Beyrer C. People who use drugs, HIV, and human rights. Lancet. 2010 Aug 7;376(9739):475–485.
Journal cover image

Published In

Lancet

DOI

EISSN

1474-547X

Publication Date

August 7, 2010

Volume

376

Issue

9739

Start / End Page

475 / 485

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Substance Abuse, Intravenous
  • Prisons
  • Humans
  • Human Rights Abuses
  • Health Services Accessibility
  • HIV Infections
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Drug and Narcotic Control
  • Crime
  • 42 Health sciences