Publications

The HIV work of the Office is based on a variety of guiding documents, including the resolutions, UN System Position Papers, Declarations, policy briefs and many others. UNODC also publishes technical documents such as toolkits, discussion papers, best practice documents and guidelines.

New Publications:

 

November 2008: The new UNODC/UNAIDS Publication on Women and HIV in Prison Settings is now available here.

 

Policy Brief on TB,HIV and drugs

 

August 2008: The final WHO/UNAIDS/UNODC Guidelines for TB/HIV and Drug Users together with a summarised Policy brief (in English and Spanish) are now available here (at the WHO website).

Guide to starting and managing needle and syringe programmes The latest joint WHO, UNODC and UNAIDS guide is out!

Guide to Starting and Managing Needle and Syringe Programmes

 

Other relevant UNODC - HIV publications

E-Library


Visit the first effort to provide a collection of available documents, resolutions, position papers, reports and tools and guidelines developed by WHO, UNODC and UNAIDS on the issue of harm reduction and HIV prevention and care for injecting drug users and prisoners.

E-LIBRARY

UNODC publications and joint publications: Injecting drug use

UNODC publications and joint publications: Prison settings

Evidence for Action Technical Papers -  Intervention to address HIV in prison

 

 

UNAIDS and other relevant UN documents

UNAIDS-AIDS Epidemic Update

The UNAIDS 2007 AIDS Epidemic Update reports on the latest developments in the global AIDS epidemic. The 2007 edition provides the most recent estimates of the AIDS epidemic and explores new findings and trends in the epidemic's evolution.

2007 AIDS Epidemic Update Regional summaries are also available for each region of the world in English, French, Spanish and Russian languages.

www.unaids.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/HIVData/EpiUpdate/EpiUpdArchive/2007/default.asp

Regional Summaries are available on the UNAIDS website for:

  • Asia
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Middle East and North Africa
  • Latin America
  • Caribbean
  • Eastern Europe and Central Asia
  • North America
  • Western and Central Europe
  • Oceania

Injecting drug use

Prison settings

Other guiding documents

Relevant resolutions of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

  • 2002 Resolution 45/1 Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the context of drug abuse
  • 2003 Resolution 46/2 Strengthening strategies regarding the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the context of drug abuse
  • 2004 Resolution 47/2 Prevention of HIV/AIDS among drug users
  • 2005 Resolution 48/12 Expanding the capacity of communities to provide information, treatment, health care and social services to people living with HIV/AIDS and other blood-borne diseases in the context of drug abuse and strengthening monitoring, evaluation and reporting systems
  • 2006 Resolution 49/4 Responding to the prevalence of HIV/AIDS and other blood-borne diseases among drug users

Resolution of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council

  • Resolution 2004/35 Combating the spread of HIV/AIDS in criminal justice pre-trial and correctional facilities
  • Resolution 2006/22 Providing technical assistance for prison reform in Africa and the development of viable alternatives to imprisonment

Political Declaration of the General Assembly