WHO Human Gene Editing Expert Group: Start With A Global Registry 19/03/2019 William New In its first meeting, a carefully chosen advisory committee of experts on gene editing under the World Health Organization this week agreed on the immediate need for a global registry of research that funders should make binding for researchers. The group acknowledged an urgency in addressing human gene editing governance in light of work already taking place, but stopped short of calling for a moratorium at this time, instead issuing a statement that it would be “irresponsible” for anyone to proceed with such research now. Continue reading -> Image Credits: Pixabay CC. TB Remains A Major Public Health Problem In Europe, Report Finds 19/03/2019 David Branigan A new report released today by the World Health Organization and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) found that while overall tuberculosis (TB) mortality and incidence rates have steadily fallen in the European region over the past decade, the disease should not be “underestimated.” The report warns that these rates are not sufficient to reach global targets for reducing the disease, further noting that while the European region may have only 2.8 percent of the world’s TB burden, it has 23 percent of the world’s burden of multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB). Continue reading -> Image Credits: ECDC, WHO / ECDC. New Study Finds Better Sewage Management Critical To Combatting AMR 18/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Bacteria and other pathogens that are resistant to common anti-microbial medications appear to be most abundant in Africa, as well as parts of South-East Asia and other developing regions with a poor record of sewage and sanitation management, according to a new study published in Nature Communications.Continue reading -> Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons. “Is Sugar the New Tobacco?” BMJ Study Explores Tobacco’s Role In Marketing Children’s Sugary Drinks 15/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Tobacco industry giants built some of the leading sugary drink brands that have been marketed to children over the past 50 years, reveals a major study published in The BMJ yesterday.Continue reading -> Image Credits: The BMJ. DNDi-led Study Finds Safer, Shorter Treatment For Debilitating Chagas Disease 15/03/2019 Divya Schlesinger Severe side effects make the current course of prolonged drug treatment difficult for many patients with Chagas disease, but a Phase II clinical trial in Bolivia may have found an alternative treatment that is both quicker and significantly safer.Continue reading -> Image Credits: Ana Ferreira/DNDi. Landmark International Guidelines Launched On Human Rights, Drug Policy 15/03/2019 Editorial team As posted by UNAIDS and UNDP in a press release: VIENNA/GENEVA, 15 March 2019—A coalition of United Nations Member States, United Nations entities and leading human rights experts meeting at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, Austria, today launched a landmark set of international legal standards to transform and reshape global responses to the world drug problem.Continue reading -> Image Credits: UNAIDS/UNDP. China To Host World Environment Day 2019 On Air Pollution 15/03/2019 Editorial team As posted by UN Environment in a World Environment Day press release: Nairobi, 15 March 2019 – Today, the head of Chinese delegation, Zhao Yingmin, Vice Minister of Ecology and Environment, and Joyce Msuya, Acting Head of UN Environment, jointly announced that China will host the global World Environment Day celebrations on 5 June 2019 with a theme of air pollution.Continue reading -> Image Credits: UN Environment/World Environment Day. DRC Ebola Response: Need To “Find A Balance” Between Protecting Patients, Building Trust 14/03/2019 David Branigan World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters today that WHO is “working to find a balance between protecting patients and staff from attacks by armed groups and building community trust and ownership” in managing the response to the deadly Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Continue reading -> Image Credits: Gabriele François Casini/MSF. Delay Vote On Cannabis Reclassification – Chair Of UN Commission On Narcotic Drugs Recommends 14/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs appears set to delay any consideration this year of a recent World Health Organization recommendation to reschedule the status of cannabis and cannabis-related substances from “particularly dangerous” to a less dangerous category – with no timeline indicated for when the Commission might actually take up the contentious issue.Continue reading -> Image Credits: Taki Lau. UNAIDS Urges Worldwide Reform Of Drug Policies – Links To HIV Prevention, Human Rights 14/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher UNAIDS urged UN member states convening today in Vienna for the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs to enact sweeping reforms of policies towards injecting drug users, most of whom lack critical access to basic “harm reduction” services that could prevent them from becoming infected with HIV.Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
TB Remains A Major Public Health Problem In Europe, Report Finds 19/03/2019 David Branigan A new report released today by the World Health Organization and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) found that while overall tuberculosis (TB) mortality and incidence rates have steadily fallen in the European region over the past decade, the disease should not be “underestimated.” The report warns that these rates are not sufficient to reach global targets for reducing the disease, further noting that while the European region may have only 2.8 percent of the world’s TB burden, it has 23 percent of the world’s burden of multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB). Continue reading -> Image Credits: ECDC, WHO / ECDC. New Study Finds Better Sewage Management Critical To Combatting AMR 18/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Bacteria and other pathogens that are resistant to common anti-microbial medications appear to be most abundant in Africa, as well as parts of South-East Asia and other developing regions with a poor record of sewage and sanitation management, according to a new study published in Nature Communications.Continue reading -> Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons. “Is Sugar the New Tobacco?” BMJ Study Explores Tobacco’s Role In Marketing Children’s Sugary Drinks 15/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Tobacco industry giants built some of the leading sugary drink brands that have been marketed to children over the past 50 years, reveals a major study published in The BMJ yesterday.Continue reading -> Image Credits: The BMJ. DNDi-led Study Finds Safer, Shorter Treatment For Debilitating Chagas Disease 15/03/2019 Divya Schlesinger Severe side effects make the current course of prolonged drug treatment difficult for many patients with Chagas disease, but a Phase II clinical trial in Bolivia may have found an alternative treatment that is both quicker and significantly safer.Continue reading -> Image Credits: Ana Ferreira/DNDi. Landmark International Guidelines Launched On Human Rights, Drug Policy 15/03/2019 Editorial team As posted by UNAIDS and UNDP in a press release: VIENNA/GENEVA, 15 March 2019—A coalition of United Nations Member States, United Nations entities and leading human rights experts meeting at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, Austria, today launched a landmark set of international legal standards to transform and reshape global responses to the world drug problem.Continue reading -> Image Credits: UNAIDS/UNDP. China To Host World Environment Day 2019 On Air Pollution 15/03/2019 Editorial team As posted by UN Environment in a World Environment Day press release: Nairobi, 15 March 2019 – Today, the head of Chinese delegation, Zhao Yingmin, Vice Minister of Ecology and Environment, and Joyce Msuya, Acting Head of UN Environment, jointly announced that China will host the global World Environment Day celebrations on 5 June 2019 with a theme of air pollution.Continue reading -> Image Credits: UN Environment/World Environment Day. DRC Ebola Response: Need To “Find A Balance” Between Protecting Patients, Building Trust 14/03/2019 David Branigan World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters today that WHO is “working to find a balance between protecting patients and staff from attacks by armed groups and building community trust and ownership” in managing the response to the deadly Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Continue reading -> Image Credits: Gabriele François Casini/MSF. Delay Vote On Cannabis Reclassification – Chair Of UN Commission On Narcotic Drugs Recommends 14/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs appears set to delay any consideration this year of a recent World Health Organization recommendation to reschedule the status of cannabis and cannabis-related substances from “particularly dangerous” to a less dangerous category – with no timeline indicated for when the Commission might actually take up the contentious issue.Continue reading -> Image Credits: Taki Lau. UNAIDS Urges Worldwide Reform Of Drug Policies – Links To HIV Prevention, Human Rights 14/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher UNAIDS urged UN member states convening today in Vienna for the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs to enact sweeping reforms of policies towards injecting drug users, most of whom lack critical access to basic “harm reduction” services that could prevent them from becoming infected with HIV.Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
New Study Finds Better Sewage Management Critical To Combatting AMR 18/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Bacteria and other pathogens that are resistant to common anti-microbial medications appear to be most abundant in Africa, as well as parts of South-East Asia and other developing regions with a poor record of sewage and sanitation management, according to a new study published in Nature Communications.Continue reading -> Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons. “Is Sugar the New Tobacco?” BMJ Study Explores Tobacco’s Role In Marketing Children’s Sugary Drinks 15/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Tobacco industry giants built some of the leading sugary drink brands that have been marketed to children over the past 50 years, reveals a major study published in The BMJ yesterday.Continue reading -> Image Credits: The BMJ. DNDi-led Study Finds Safer, Shorter Treatment For Debilitating Chagas Disease 15/03/2019 Divya Schlesinger Severe side effects make the current course of prolonged drug treatment difficult for many patients with Chagas disease, but a Phase II clinical trial in Bolivia may have found an alternative treatment that is both quicker and significantly safer.Continue reading -> Image Credits: Ana Ferreira/DNDi. Landmark International Guidelines Launched On Human Rights, Drug Policy 15/03/2019 Editorial team As posted by UNAIDS and UNDP in a press release: VIENNA/GENEVA, 15 March 2019—A coalition of United Nations Member States, United Nations entities and leading human rights experts meeting at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, Austria, today launched a landmark set of international legal standards to transform and reshape global responses to the world drug problem.Continue reading -> Image Credits: UNAIDS/UNDP. China To Host World Environment Day 2019 On Air Pollution 15/03/2019 Editorial team As posted by UN Environment in a World Environment Day press release: Nairobi, 15 March 2019 – Today, the head of Chinese delegation, Zhao Yingmin, Vice Minister of Ecology and Environment, and Joyce Msuya, Acting Head of UN Environment, jointly announced that China will host the global World Environment Day celebrations on 5 June 2019 with a theme of air pollution.Continue reading -> Image Credits: UN Environment/World Environment Day. DRC Ebola Response: Need To “Find A Balance” Between Protecting Patients, Building Trust 14/03/2019 David Branigan World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters today that WHO is “working to find a balance between protecting patients and staff from attacks by armed groups and building community trust and ownership” in managing the response to the deadly Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Continue reading -> Image Credits: Gabriele François Casini/MSF. Delay Vote On Cannabis Reclassification – Chair Of UN Commission On Narcotic Drugs Recommends 14/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs appears set to delay any consideration this year of a recent World Health Organization recommendation to reschedule the status of cannabis and cannabis-related substances from “particularly dangerous” to a less dangerous category – with no timeline indicated for when the Commission might actually take up the contentious issue.Continue reading -> Image Credits: Taki Lau. UNAIDS Urges Worldwide Reform Of Drug Policies – Links To HIV Prevention, Human Rights 14/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher UNAIDS urged UN member states convening today in Vienna for the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs to enact sweeping reforms of policies towards injecting drug users, most of whom lack critical access to basic “harm reduction” services that could prevent them from becoming infected with HIV.Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
“Is Sugar the New Tobacco?” BMJ Study Explores Tobacco’s Role In Marketing Children’s Sugary Drinks 15/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher Tobacco industry giants built some of the leading sugary drink brands that have been marketed to children over the past 50 years, reveals a major study published in The BMJ yesterday.Continue reading -> Image Credits: The BMJ. DNDi-led Study Finds Safer, Shorter Treatment For Debilitating Chagas Disease 15/03/2019 Divya Schlesinger Severe side effects make the current course of prolonged drug treatment difficult for many patients with Chagas disease, but a Phase II clinical trial in Bolivia may have found an alternative treatment that is both quicker and significantly safer.Continue reading -> Image Credits: Ana Ferreira/DNDi. Landmark International Guidelines Launched On Human Rights, Drug Policy 15/03/2019 Editorial team As posted by UNAIDS and UNDP in a press release: VIENNA/GENEVA, 15 March 2019—A coalition of United Nations Member States, United Nations entities and leading human rights experts meeting at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, Austria, today launched a landmark set of international legal standards to transform and reshape global responses to the world drug problem.Continue reading -> Image Credits: UNAIDS/UNDP. China To Host World Environment Day 2019 On Air Pollution 15/03/2019 Editorial team As posted by UN Environment in a World Environment Day press release: Nairobi, 15 March 2019 – Today, the head of Chinese delegation, Zhao Yingmin, Vice Minister of Ecology and Environment, and Joyce Msuya, Acting Head of UN Environment, jointly announced that China will host the global World Environment Day celebrations on 5 June 2019 with a theme of air pollution.Continue reading -> Image Credits: UN Environment/World Environment Day. DRC Ebola Response: Need To “Find A Balance” Between Protecting Patients, Building Trust 14/03/2019 David Branigan World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters today that WHO is “working to find a balance between protecting patients and staff from attacks by armed groups and building community trust and ownership” in managing the response to the deadly Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Continue reading -> Image Credits: Gabriele François Casini/MSF. Delay Vote On Cannabis Reclassification – Chair Of UN Commission On Narcotic Drugs Recommends 14/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs appears set to delay any consideration this year of a recent World Health Organization recommendation to reschedule the status of cannabis and cannabis-related substances from “particularly dangerous” to a less dangerous category – with no timeline indicated for when the Commission might actually take up the contentious issue.Continue reading -> Image Credits: Taki Lau. UNAIDS Urges Worldwide Reform Of Drug Policies – Links To HIV Prevention, Human Rights 14/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher UNAIDS urged UN member states convening today in Vienna for the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs to enact sweeping reforms of policies towards injecting drug users, most of whom lack critical access to basic “harm reduction” services that could prevent them from becoming infected with HIV.Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
DNDi-led Study Finds Safer, Shorter Treatment For Debilitating Chagas Disease 15/03/2019 Divya Schlesinger Severe side effects make the current course of prolonged drug treatment difficult for many patients with Chagas disease, but a Phase II clinical trial in Bolivia may have found an alternative treatment that is both quicker and significantly safer.Continue reading -> Image Credits: Ana Ferreira/DNDi. Landmark International Guidelines Launched On Human Rights, Drug Policy 15/03/2019 Editorial team As posted by UNAIDS and UNDP in a press release: VIENNA/GENEVA, 15 March 2019—A coalition of United Nations Member States, United Nations entities and leading human rights experts meeting at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, Austria, today launched a landmark set of international legal standards to transform and reshape global responses to the world drug problem.Continue reading -> Image Credits: UNAIDS/UNDP. China To Host World Environment Day 2019 On Air Pollution 15/03/2019 Editorial team As posted by UN Environment in a World Environment Day press release: Nairobi, 15 March 2019 – Today, the head of Chinese delegation, Zhao Yingmin, Vice Minister of Ecology and Environment, and Joyce Msuya, Acting Head of UN Environment, jointly announced that China will host the global World Environment Day celebrations on 5 June 2019 with a theme of air pollution.Continue reading -> Image Credits: UN Environment/World Environment Day. DRC Ebola Response: Need To “Find A Balance” Between Protecting Patients, Building Trust 14/03/2019 David Branigan World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters today that WHO is “working to find a balance between protecting patients and staff from attacks by armed groups and building community trust and ownership” in managing the response to the deadly Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Continue reading -> Image Credits: Gabriele François Casini/MSF. Delay Vote On Cannabis Reclassification – Chair Of UN Commission On Narcotic Drugs Recommends 14/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs appears set to delay any consideration this year of a recent World Health Organization recommendation to reschedule the status of cannabis and cannabis-related substances from “particularly dangerous” to a less dangerous category – with no timeline indicated for when the Commission might actually take up the contentious issue.Continue reading -> Image Credits: Taki Lau. UNAIDS Urges Worldwide Reform Of Drug Policies – Links To HIV Prevention, Human Rights 14/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher UNAIDS urged UN member states convening today in Vienna for the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs to enact sweeping reforms of policies towards injecting drug users, most of whom lack critical access to basic “harm reduction” services that could prevent them from becoming infected with HIV.Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
Landmark International Guidelines Launched On Human Rights, Drug Policy 15/03/2019 Editorial team As posted by UNAIDS and UNDP in a press release: VIENNA/GENEVA, 15 March 2019—A coalition of United Nations Member States, United Nations entities and leading human rights experts meeting at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, Austria, today launched a landmark set of international legal standards to transform and reshape global responses to the world drug problem.Continue reading -> Image Credits: UNAIDS/UNDP. China To Host World Environment Day 2019 On Air Pollution 15/03/2019 Editorial team As posted by UN Environment in a World Environment Day press release: Nairobi, 15 March 2019 – Today, the head of Chinese delegation, Zhao Yingmin, Vice Minister of Ecology and Environment, and Joyce Msuya, Acting Head of UN Environment, jointly announced that China will host the global World Environment Day celebrations on 5 June 2019 with a theme of air pollution.Continue reading -> Image Credits: UN Environment/World Environment Day. DRC Ebola Response: Need To “Find A Balance” Between Protecting Patients, Building Trust 14/03/2019 David Branigan World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters today that WHO is “working to find a balance between protecting patients and staff from attacks by armed groups and building community trust and ownership” in managing the response to the deadly Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Continue reading -> Image Credits: Gabriele François Casini/MSF. Delay Vote On Cannabis Reclassification – Chair Of UN Commission On Narcotic Drugs Recommends 14/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs appears set to delay any consideration this year of a recent World Health Organization recommendation to reschedule the status of cannabis and cannabis-related substances from “particularly dangerous” to a less dangerous category – with no timeline indicated for when the Commission might actually take up the contentious issue.Continue reading -> Image Credits: Taki Lau. UNAIDS Urges Worldwide Reform Of Drug Policies – Links To HIV Prevention, Human Rights 14/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher UNAIDS urged UN member states convening today in Vienna for the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs to enact sweeping reforms of policies towards injecting drug users, most of whom lack critical access to basic “harm reduction” services that could prevent them from becoming infected with HIV.Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
China To Host World Environment Day 2019 On Air Pollution 15/03/2019 Editorial team As posted by UN Environment in a World Environment Day press release: Nairobi, 15 March 2019 – Today, the head of Chinese delegation, Zhao Yingmin, Vice Minister of Ecology and Environment, and Joyce Msuya, Acting Head of UN Environment, jointly announced that China will host the global World Environment Day celebrations on 5 June 2019 with a theme of air pollution.Continue reading -> Image Credits: UN Environment/World Environment Day. DRC Ebola Response: Need To “Find A Balance” Between Protecting Patients, Building Trust 14/03/2019 David Branigan World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters today that WHO is “working to find a balance between protecting patients and staff from attacks by armed groups and building community trust and ownership” in managing the response to the deadly Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Continue reading -> Image Credits: Gabriele François Casini/MSF. Delay Vote On Cannabis Reclassification – Chair Of UN Commission On Narcotic Drugs Recommends 14/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs appears set to delay any consideration this year of a recent World Health Organization recommendation to reschedule the status of cannabis and cannabis-related substances from “particularly dangerous” to a less dangerous category – with no timeline indicated for when the Commission might actually take up the contentious issue.Continue reading -> Image Credits: Taki Lau. UNAIDS Urges Worldwide Reform Of Drug Policies – Links To HIV Prevention, Human Rights 14/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher UNAIDS urged UN member states convening today in Vienna for the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs to enact sweeping reforms of policies towards injecting drug users, most of whom lack critical access to basic “harm reduction” services that could prevent them from becoming infected with HIV.Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
DRC Ebola Response: Need To “Find A Balance” Between Protecting Patients, Building Trust 14/03/2019 David Branigan World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters today that WHO is “working to find a balance between protecting patients and staff from attacks by armed groups and building community trust and ownership” in managing the response to the deadly Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Continue reading -> Image Credits: Gabriele François Casini/MSF. Delay Vote On Cannabis Reclassification – Chair Of UN Commission On Narcotic Drugs Recommends 14/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs appears set to delay any consideration this year of a recent World Health Organization recommendation to reschedule the status of cannabis and cannabis-related substances from “particularly dangerous” to a less dangerous category – with no timeline indicated for when the Commission might actually take up the contentious issue.Continue reading -> Image Credits: Taki Lau. UNAIDS Urges Worldwide Reform Of Drug Policies – Links To HIV Prevention, Human Rights 14/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher UNAIDS urged UN member states convening today in Vienna for the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs to enact sweeping reforms of policies towards injecting drug users, most of whom lack critical access to basic “harm reduction” services that could prevent them from becoming infected with HIV.Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
Delay Vote On Cannabis Reclassification – Chair Of UN Commission On Narcotic Drugs Recommends 14/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs appears set to delay any consideration this year of a recent World Health Organization recommendation to reschedule the status of cannabis and cannabis-related substances from “particularly dangerous” to a less dangerous category – with no timeline indicated for when the Commission might actually take up the contentious issue.Continue reading -> Image Credits: Taki Lau. UNAIDS Urges Worldwide Reform Of Drug Policies – Links To HIV Prevention, Human Rights 14/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher UNAIDS urged UN member states convening today in Vienna for the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs to enact sweeping reforms of policies towards injecting drug users, most of whom lack critical access to basic “harm reduction” services that could prevent them from becoming infected with HIV.Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy
UNAIDS Urges Worldwide Reform Of Drug Policies – Links To HIV Prevention, Human Rights 14/03/2019 Elaine Ruth Fletcher UNAIDS urged UN member states convening today in Vienna for the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs to enact sweeping reforms of policies towards injecting drug users, most of whom lack critical access to basic “harm reduction” services that could prevent them from becoming infected with HIV.Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts