<<previous | index | next>>
- End discrimination in health care services to drug users
and people living with HIV/AIDS
- Respect the rights of people in Ukraine to complete,
accurate information about HIV/AIDS and to obtain HIV/AIDS information and
services without fear of punishment or discrimination.
- Provide training on HIV/AIDS, harm reduction, and drug use
to all personnel in health care facilities.
- Expand and enhance the scope of and support for humane
treatment services for drug addiction, including in prison, according to
international standards, which would include the prompt implementation of
substitution therapy with methadone and buprenorphine.
- Reject the proposal by the Ministry of Health Committee on
Narcotic Drugs Control to amend Ukraine’s drug classification tables to
criminalize possession of very small amounts of certain narcotics, which
would exacerbate the problem of HIV/AIDS among drug users.
- Cease and publicly repudiate the unlawful use of force and
other ill-treatment by police and other agents of the state against drug
users and sex workers.
- Cease and publicly repudiate interference by police and
other agents of the state with efforts to provide harm reduction services.
- Affirm the rights of all individuals to access to the full
range of HIV prevention services, including syringe exchange and opiate
substitution therapy, without fear of arrest or punishment, as part of the
right to the highest attainable standard of health.
- Support amendment of the international drug conventions to
call explicitly for the legalization and promotion of the full range of
strategies to reduce drug-related harm, and to encourage states parties to
adopt public health approaches to drug use, including expanded access to
syringe exchange services and opiate substitution therapy.
|
