24-07-2009 Harm Reduction in Prison: The Moldova Model

The report published by the Open Society Institute International Harm Reduction Development Program describes the genesis and implementation of harm reduction in Moldova’s prisons, and provides recommendations for other countries wishing to start similar programs.

An increasing number of countries have introduced HIV programs in prisons since the early 1990s. However, many of these programs exclude necessary interventions such as needle exchange and methadone treatment. Not so in Moldova, whose experience with introducing and expanding a comprehensive HIV program, including such interventions, is described in this report.

The report is available in English and in Russian at the following link: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/health/focus/ihrd/articles_publications/publications/moldova_20090720