Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2008
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Form or template
This document assesses some of the measures taken recently to improve access to more affordable ARV therapy in developing countries. It provides a synopsis of the key WTO rules and developments, and of the Canadian law, the concrete benefits of which have yet to be...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2008
Format:
PDF
"As international development, humanitarian, AIDS service, trade union, faith-based and human rights organizations, joined together under the aegis of the Global Treatment Access Group (GTAG), we encourage you to show Canada's commitment to address the global...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2008
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2008
Format:
PDF
FEATURELegislation contagion: building resistanceCANADIAN DEVELOPMENTSResults of the first North American prescription heroin study are promisingNew excessive demand policy for immigration applicantsBritish Columbia adopts E-Health Act(Most) political parties...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2008
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
This report looks at current HCV-related policy and programs in Canada and outlines steps that should be taken to prevent a potential explosion of HCV.
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2008
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Form or template
A substantial amount of scientific evidence has shown that needle and syringe programs (NSPs) in the community are the most effective intervention available to prevent HIV transmission associated with injecting drug use. As well, NSPs have been associated with...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2008
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
In three parts, this report:presents a critical analysis of the UN systems of drug control and human rights, and their relative relationship within overall UN governance, and outlines the basis for the primacy of human rights;highlights the multiple ways in which the...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2007
Format:
PDF
FEATURESLegislation contagion: the spread of problematic new HIV laws in Western AfricaDrug treatment courts in Canada: an evidence-based reviewUse of soft law to address HIV/AIDS in Southeast AsiaCANADIAN DEVELOPMENTSSupervised injection facility granted another...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2007
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Fact sheet
This is a series of 12 info sheets on HIV testing in Canada.Evolution of HIV testing policy and technology in CanadaShifting HIV testing policiesConsent to HIV testingCounsellingAnonymous HIV testingConfidentialityAccess to HIV testingHIV testing and pregnancyRapid...
Organization:
HIV Legal Network
Publication date: 2007
Format:
PDF
Resource Type:
Report
Nearly one in three HIV infections outside Africa is among people who inject drugs. The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) could and should be playing a key role in stopping this injection-driven HIV epidemic — but it’s not.Instead, the Board...
