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AIDS 08: Diederik Lohman on the need for different harm reduction policies in Russia
By: AIDS 08 Conference
Posted: Aug 8 08
Witnessed: 1721 times
Regions: Mexico, Russia
Issues: HIV-AIDS
Tags: aids, drugs, harm reduction, hiv, méxico, Russia
Diederik Lohman, Senior Researcher at the HIV/AIDS Program of Human Rights Watch on addressing Russia's HIV epidemic via changed policies on harm reduction for drug users; filmed as part of a participatory video project at the International AIDS Conference, Mexico City, 2008.
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