När världens politiker och nakthavare möttes i FN-byggnaden i New York för att bestämma målen för de kommande årens bekämpning av HIV/Aids var det mycket snack om orden harm reduction skulle få komma med i det slutgiltiga dokumentet.
Som vanligt blev det en kompromiss mellan länder som ville ha en starkare formulering och dem som var misstänksamma på allt som kan missförstås som ett godkännande av narkotika eller andra “avvikande” beteenden, tex sexarbete och homosexualitet.
Nedan är de formuleringar som hänvisar till IDU (Injecting Drug Users).
Giving consideration, as appropriate, to implementing and expanding risk
and harm reduction programmes, taking into account the WHO, UNODC, UNAIDS Technical Guide for countries to set targets for universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care for injecting drug users in accordance with national legislation;Note with alarm the rise in the incidence of HIV among people who inject
drugs and that, despite continuing increased efforts by all relevant stakeholders, the drug problem continues to constitute a serious threat to, among other things, public health and safety and the well-being of humanity, in particular children and young people and their families, and recognize that much more needs to be done to effectively combat the world drug problem;Note that many national HIV prevention strategies inadequately focus on
populations that epidemiological evidence shows are at higher risk, specifically men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs and sex workers, and further note, however, that each country should define the specific populations that are key to its epidemic and response, based on the epidemiological and national context;
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