- Authors
- The Centre for Harm Reduction, Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research and Asian Harm Reduction Network
- Title
- The Manual for Reducing Drug Related Harm in Asia
- Editor
- Edited by Nick Crofts; Lead Writer: Genevieve Costigan
- Edition
- Second
- Imprint
- The Centre for Harm Reduction, 2003, 370 pp
- ISBN/ISSN
- 1876644063
- Description
First Edition published in 1999. Reproduced with the Centre for Harm Reduction's kind permission.
- Abstract
"The manual is primarily about the prevention of HIV infection among injecting drug users in Asia. It will also cover questions of the prevention of drug use and of drug injecting, as these are fundamental to the spread of HIV among drug injectors However, it must be borne in mind that prevention and control of drug use are long-term issues, whereas HIV can spread. with extraordinary rapidity. The first imperative is to prevent the spread of HIV, because it is so devastating in its effects, and once it has begun to spread it is much harder to control. In this Manual, we will examine the evidence that these epidemics are predictable and that they are preventable. To understand
better why HIV spreads among drug users, and what can be done to prevent this spread and protect the community, we will review the experience of several countries in western countries, in Latin America, in Asia, and in the region of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. By doing this we will be able to see common principles underlying both the spread of HIV among IDUs, and the implementation of effective responses to prevent the spread."