Criminalised Sex Workers, Gays at High Risk of HIV in Asia

New Global Report Launched By The International AIDS Society Recommends A New Paradigm For Treating Injecting Drug …
Access to opioid substitution therapy such as methadone can facilitate access to and retention in ARTAgainst the backdrop of some of the globe’s fastest growing HIV epidemics in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, a report launched today at the XVIII International AIDS conference (AIDS 2010) in Vienna makes the case for a new model for scaling up treatment and prevention of HIV amongst Injecting …

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Criminalised sex workers, gays at high risk of HIV in Asia
The criminalisation of sex workers, drug users, and men who have sex with men were highlighted as major sources of concern in the fight against HIV in Asia, at the world AIDS conference here Wednesday.

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