tailieunhanh - báo cáo khoa học: " Survey of abuses against injecting drug users in Indonesia"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Survey of abuses against injecting drug users in Indonesia | Harm Reduction Journal BioMed Central Open Access Survey of abuses against injecting drug users in Indonesia Sara LM Davis 1 Agus Triwahyuono2 and Risa Alexander2 Address 1Asia Catalyst PO Box 20839 New York NY 10009 USA and 2JANGKAR Jalan Haji Nawi No. 12 RT 01 02 Gandaria Jakarta 12430 Indonesia Email Sara LM Davis - mdavis@ Agus Triwahyuono - sugeng_agus@ Risa Alexander - rfaapf@ Corresponding author Published 24 October 2009 Received 8 June 2009 _ J .IA I IOAU77 ir17 AO Accepted 24 October 2009 Harm Reduction Journal 2009 6 28 doi l 477-7517-6-28 This article is available from http content 6 1 28 2009 Davis et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract__ In Indonesia an ongoing government war on drugs has resulted in numerous arrests and anecdotal reports of abuse in detention but to date there has been little documentation or analysis of this issue. JANGKAR also known in English as the Indonesian Harm Reduction Network a nongovernmental organization NGO based in Jakarta surveyed 1106 injecting drug users in 13 cities about their experiences of police abuse. Of those interviewed 667 or 60 reported physical abuse by police. These findings indicate the importance of continuing efforts to promote police reform and harm reduction in Indonesia. Background The government estimates that there are 200 000 injecting drug users in Indonesia but grassroots N GOs estimate the number to be higher 1 . There are currently an estimated 270 000 people living with HIV in Indonesia 2 . Low-grade heroin or putau took hold in Indonesia in the 1990s 3 . The .