Harm Reduction Actions as a Health Care Construction Process at a Public Health Center in Rosario, Argentina

Lavarello, Damián; Lottero, Miguel; Chavero, Mario; Toledo, Alejandra; Espínola, Mario; Gerlero, Sandra Silvana; Liborio, Monica

doi:10.1086/377545

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“…In Argentina there are no comprehensive public policies and public health services for IDUs which might influence the high HIV/AIDS incidence in this population (69). Despite the clear HIV/AIDS epidemic among IDUs, Argentina still lacks large-scale harm-reduction programs at a national, state, and local level (70).…”

Section: Prevention Initiatives In Argentina and Brazilmentioning

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Human immunodeficiency virus, AIDS, and drug consumption in South America and the Caribbean: epidemiological evidence and initiatives to curb the epidemic

Hacker

Malta

Enriquez

et al. 2005

Rev Panam Salud Publica

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Objective. The paper reviews data on drug use in relation to the spread of human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS in South America Conclusion. Greater participation of Latin American and Caribbean countries in research protocols and continued debate on both successful and failed experiences should be encouraged in order to minimize existing barriers to the full adoption of effective measures to curb the human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS epidemic in this Region.South America; Caribbean; drug use; cocaine, human immunodeficiency virus; AIDS. ABSTRACTEpidemiological studies addressing the intertwined epidemics of injection drug use, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS in South America and the Caribbean are still fragmentary. Health professionals and policy makers face great difficulties in assessing the initiatives aimed at curbing the spread of HIV in different countries of the Region (1) and providing management and care to HIVinfected drug users (2).Given these obstacles, a remarkable achievement has been the inclusion of South American cities in large, multicenter studies such as those sponsored Key wordsHacker MA, Malta M, Enriquez M, Bastos FI. Human immunodeficiency virus, AIDS and drug consumption in South America and the Caribbean: epidemiological evidence and initiatives to curb the epidemic. Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2005;18(4/5):303-13.

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Section: Prevention Initiatives In Argentina and Brazilmentioning

confidence: 99%

Human immunodeficiency virus, AIDS, and drug consumption in South America and the Caribbean: epidemiological evidence and initiatives to curb the epidemic

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Malta

Enriquez

et al. 2005

Rev Panam Salud Publica

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“…In some urban centres, harm reduction programmes carried out (first by NGOs) proved effective in reaching poor IDUs who were hard for medical and social services to reach. Public health officials, in cities such as Buenos Aires and Rosario, have gradually begun to endorse harm reduction programmes as a key element of their AIDS policies (Touzé et al 2001, Lavarello et al 2003, Romero 2004. Finally, in 2003, the Ministry of Health itself launched a programme on harm reduction and AIDS prevention.…”

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Harm reduction policies in Argentina: A critical view

Epele

Pecheny

2007

Global Public Health

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The concept of 'harm' underpinning current drug harm reduction policies is most often limited to viral infections and other health consequences for drug users. This paper analyses harm reduction policies in Argentina, with the purpose of challenging and extending this narrow conception of harm to encompass all harms inflicted on drug users, in a context of criminalization of drug use and poverty. Faced with a steep rise in poverty, rapid changes in drug use practices, the quality and prices of drugs, and patterns of morbidity and mortality, Argentina has implemented harm reduction policies specifically for drug users who mostly live in the Greater Buenos Aires impoverished areas. These changes, as well as the Latin American tradition of social and health policies that focus on the collective, subjective, and political-economic aspects of harm, highlight some tensions between the individualistic, public health model structured in the North and its application in Argentina.

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Emerging HIV epidemics in muslim countries: Assessment of different cultural responses to harm reduction and implications for HIV control

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Nassiramanesh²,

Stanekzai³

et al. 2007

Curr HIV/AIDS Rep

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Harm reduction, including needle exchange and opioid substitution therapy, has been demonstrated to reduce high-risk behavior and HIV infection among injection drug users. An increasing number of countries in the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia, including those with Muslim majorities, have experienced or are at risk for HIV epidemics initiated by burgeoning injection drug use. Although use of intoxicants is expressly forbidden within Islam, the local culture impacts the interpretation of Islamic law and influences the response to drug misuse, whether punitive or therapeutic. Harm reduction programming has received varying acceptance within this global region, which may be reflected by national trends in HIV prevalence. The purpose of this paper is to examine cultural and religious response to injecting drug use and associated HIV prevalence trends in Malaysia and Iran, with possible application of lessons learned to an emerging situation in Afghanistan.

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Harm Reduction Actions as a Health Care Construction Process at a Public Health Center in Rosario, Argentina

Cited by 4 publications

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Human immunodeficiency virus, AIDS, and drug consumption in South America and the Caribbean: epidemiological evidence and initiatives to curb the epidemic

Human immunodeficiency virus, AIDS, and drug consumption in South America and the Caribbean: epidemiological evidence and initiatives to curb the epidemic

Harm reduction policies in Argentina: A critical view

Emerging HIV epidemics in muslim countries: Assessment of different cultural responses to harm reduction and implications for HIV control

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