Injecting drug use and prisons publications
Chronological order
Guidelines for the psychosocially assisted pharmacological treatment of opioid dependence
WHO Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
31 March 2009
Technical guide for countries to set targets for universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care for injecting drug users
WHO | UNODC | UNAIDS
6 February 2009
Policy guidelines for collaborative TB and HIV services for injecting and other drug users
Evidence for action technical paper and policy brief
15 August 2008
Guide to starting and managing needle and syringe programmes
14 March 2007
Basic principles for treatment and psychosocial support of drug dependent people living with HIV/AIDS
2 July 2006
Evidence for action: a critical tool for guiding policies and programmes for HIV prevention, treatment and care among injecting drug users
Editorial from the International Journal of Drug Policy
14 December 2005
Antiretroviral therapy and injecting drug users
Evidence for action policy brief
10 June 2005
Effectiveness of drug dependence treatment in preventing HIV among injecting drug users
Evidence for action technical paper and policy brief
15 March 2005
Policy and programming guide for HIV/AIDS prevention and care among injecting drug users
14 March 2005
WHO/UNODC/UNAIDS position paper
Substitution maintenance therapy in the management of opioid dependence and HIV/AIDS prevention, 2004
2 September 2004
Effectiveness of sterile needle and syringe programming in reducing HIV/AIDS among IDUs
Evidence for action technical paper and policy brief
13 July 2004
Advocacy guide: HIV/AIDS prevention among injecting drug users
9 June 2004
Effectiveness of community-based outreach in preventing HIV/AIDS among injecting drug users
Evidence for action technical paper and policy brief
9 April 2004
Training guide for HIV prevention outreach to injecting drug users
Workshop manual
16 March 2004
Rapid assessment and response guide on injecting drug use
WHO Substance Abuse Department
2 May 1998

IDU and prisons
Chronological order
HIV testing and counselling in prisons and other closed setting
WHO | UNODC
19 November 2009
HIV and AIDS in places of detention: a toolkit for policymakers, programme managers, prison officers and health care providers in prison settings
UN | WHO | UNAIDS
3 October 2008
Interventions to address HIV in prisons: Effectiveness of interventions to address HIV in prisons
Evidence for action technical paper
10 June 2007
Interventions to address HIV in prisons: Prevention of sexual transmission
Evidence for action technical paper
10 June 2007
Interventions to address HIV in prisons: Needle and syringe programmes and decontamination strategies
Evidence for action technical paper
10 June 2007
Interventions to address HIV in prisons: Drug dependence treatments
Evidence for action technical paper
10 June 2007
Interventions to address HIV in prisons: HIV care, treatment and support
Evidence for action technical paper
10 June 2007
AIDS prevention, care, treatment and support in prison settings: a framework for an effective national response
WHO | UN | UNAIDS
12 October 2006
Interventions to address HIV in prisons: Reduction of HIV transmission in prisons
Evidence for action policy brief
10 June 2004
WHO Guidelines on HIV infection and AIDS in prisons
3 October 1993

WHO Regional Offices
Chronological order
Clinical guidelines for withdrawal management and treatment of drug dependence in closed settings
WHO WPRO
3 August 2009
Assessment of compulsory treatment of people who use drugs in Cambodia, China, Malaysia and Viet Nam: An application of selected human rights principles
WHO WPRO
2 July 2009
Management of common health problems of drug users
WHO SEARO
2 July 2009
Guidance on testing and counselling for HIV in settings attended by people who inject drugs: improving access to treatment, care and prevention
WHO SEARO WPRO | UN
2 March 2009
Operational guidelines for the management of opioid dependence in the South-East Asia Region
WHO SEARO
1 July 2008
HIV/AIDS care and treatment for people who inject drugs in Asia and the Pacific: an essential practice guide
WHO SEARO WPRO | UN
2 March 2008
HIV/AIDS treatment and care. Clinical protocols for the WHO European Region
WHO EURO
2 September 2007
A ‘step-by-step’ algorithm for the procurement of controlled substances for drug substitution treatment
WHO SEARO WPRO
2 August 2007
Inside out: HIV harm reduction education in closed settings
WHO WPRO
3 April 2007
Health in prisons. A WHO guide to the essentials in prison health
WHO EURO
3 March 2007
The integration of harm reduction Into abstinence-based therapeutic communities: a case study of 'We Help Ourselves', Australia
WHO WPRO
2 September 2006
Biregional strategy for harm reduction 2005-2009. HIV and injecting drug use
WHO SEARO WPRO
2 September 2005
Guidelines on methadone therapy in Myanmar for prescribers and dispensers
Ministry of Health, Myanmar
1 December 2004
Best practice in HIV/AIDS prevention and care for injecting drug abusers: the Triangular Clinic in Kermanshah, Islamic Republic of Iran
WHO EMRO
2 September 2004
The practices and context of pharmacotherapy of opioid dependence in Central and Eastern Europe
WHO Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
2 August 2004
Promoting the health of young people in custody
WHO EURO
3 February 2003
The practices and context of pharmacotherapy of opioid dependence in South-East Asia and Western Pacific Regions
WHO Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
2 September 2002

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