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1. Experiences from the field: HIV prevention among most at risk adolescents in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States

   In recent years, UNICEF has worked together with national and local authorities and civil society partners in a number of countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia to develop and implement HIV prevention programmes intended to reduce risks and vul¬nerabilities among most-at-risk adolescents (MARA.) This docu¬ment presents programming experiences from seven countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine. …

2. The global HIV epidemics among people who inject drugs

   This publication addresses research questions related to an increase in the levels of access and utilization for four key interventions that have the potential to significantly reduce HIV infections among People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) and their sexual and injecting partners, and hence morbidity and mortality in low and middle-income countries (LMIC). These interventions are drawn from nine consensus interventions that comprise a 'comprehensive package' for PWID. …

3. Injection drug use in Ukraine: the challenges of providing HIV prevention and care

   This report provides: - an overview of people who inject drugs and the HIV and AIDS situation in Ukraine; the Ukrainian Government policies and approaches; the role of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; the US role in Ukraine; recommendations to address prevention, care, and treatment needs among people who inject drugs and their sexual contacts.

4. Blame and banishment: the underground HIV epidemic affecting children in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

   This report highlights the issues faced by children living with HIV, adolescents engaged in risky behaviors, pregnant women using drugs, and the more than one million children and young people who live or work on the streets of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region. Marginalized young people are exposed on a daily basis to multiple risks, including drug use, commercial sex and other exploitation and abuse, putting them at higher risk of contracting HIV. The trends are especially troubling, as the region is home to 3.7 million injecting drug users - almost a quarter of the world's total. …

5. Sitios de cobertura alta: prevención del VIH entre consumidores de drogas intravenosas en países en transición y en desarrollo: estudios de caso

   El ONUSIDA encargó el presente informe para investigar programas y sitios en países en desarrollo y en transición considerados por las autoridades internacionales "sitios de cobertura alta", esto es, donde más del 50% de los consumidores de drogas intravenosas había sido contactado por una o más intervenciones para la prevención del VIH. Se estudiaron siete sitios en total, a saber: Soligorsk (Belarús); Paskov (Federación de Rusia); Sumy (Ucrania); Dhaka (Bangladesh); Rajshahi (Bangladesh); Región Administrativa Especial de Hong Kong (China), y Salvador (Brasil). …