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Injection Drug Use in Ukraine

jdunton — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Ukraine has been experiencing what has now become Europe’s most severe HIV epidemic. As of 2009, people who inject drugs (PWID) represented about 60 percent of all HIV-infected people in Ukraine, and nearly 50 percent of new HIV infections registered in 2010 were among PWID.

Role(s) of Vaccines and Immunization Programs in Global Disease Control

jdunton — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Much of the substantial progress seen in global health over the past several decades can be ascribed to the beneficial impacts of various vaccines and immunization programs on the control of serious disease among both individuals and populations.

HIV Prevention among Injection Drug Users in Kenya and Tanzania

jdunton — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400

While overall growth in numbers of new HIV infections has slowed in most regions of the world, infections linked to injection drug use (IDU) continue to grow. This trend has been most pronounced in Eastern Europe and Central Asia; however, new infections related to injection drug use also appear to be growing in East Africa.

Strengthening Global Health Preparedness

jdunton — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400

The world has entered an era in which the numbers of new and reemerging global health threats argue for a longer-term, more strategic, and more coherent U.S. approach to global health preparedness.

Prevention of New HIV Infections

jdunton — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Building on its work of the last several years, the CSIS HIV Prevention Working Group organized in the summer of 2009 a consultation on “Revisiting U.S.

H1N1: Slipping on a Slippery Disease

pfrank — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The unusual clinical characteristics of the H1N1 virus and the uncertainties about H1N1 vaccine production have brought home powerfully the unpredictability—the “slippery” nature—of influenza virus and the vaccines designed to reduce its disease burden.

Moving Beyond the U.S. Government Policy of Inadmissibility of HIV-Infected Noncitizens

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500

This paper provides a brief overview of U.S. law and policy concerning inadmissibility of HIV-infected applicants for immigrant and nonimmigrant visas.

Expanded HIV Testing

Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0500

This paper is a product of the CSIS Task Force on HIV/AIDS.

Enhancing the Rapid Response Capacity of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator

Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400

This is a report of the CSIS HIV/AIDS Task Force in collaboration with the Kaiser Family Foundation, published in June 2004.