Global Research Network on HIV Prevention in Drug-Using Populations: HIV and Drug Use - The Global Situation

Examples of Extensive Secondary HIV Spread in the
General Population
Judit Honti, M.D.
Central-Eastern European Harm Reduction Network
Szeged, Hungary
Discussant: Steffanie A. Strathdee, Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
11.15-11.30 Break
11.30-12.30 Panel 3: Evidence for Action
Introduction: Andrew Ball, M.B., B.S.
World Health Organization
Geneva, Switzerland
Drug Dependence Treatment for HIV Prevention
Michael Farrell, M.B., M.R.C., M.P.H.
National Addiction Centre for Alcohol and Substance Abuse
London, United Kingdom
Outreach and Community-Based Approaches
Richard H. Needle, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Effectiveness of Needle and Syringe Programs
Alex Wodak, M.D., F.R.A.C.P.
St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney
Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
Discussant: Catherine Hankins, M.D., M.Sc., CCFP, FRCPC
McGill University AIDS Centre
Montreal, Qudbec, Canada
12.30-13.00 The IDUs-AIDS Epidemic: Its Role in South Europe and its
Coverage at the XIV International AIDS Conference
Jordi Casabona, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Centre for Epidemiological Studies on AIDS in Catalonia
(CEESCAT), Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pubol.,
Badalona, Spain