# 39: XVIII. International AIDS Conference Vienna 2010 - Orange Magazine on International Drug Policies

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Fresh. Vibrant. Creative. Orangelog.eu is reporting from the XVIII. International AIDS Conference 2010 in Vienna. Our team comprising of 13 journalists from across Europe and Asia focuses on the key issues behind International Drug Policies raised at this leading summit of HIV experts and decision-makers. Several issues we highlight include:

What are the approaches in combating the spread of HIV/AIDS in relation to injecting drug use (IDU)? What are the situations of the people affected? How can human rights be upheld and respected? What role do arts, culture and media play in the prevention of HIV/AIDS through education

The articles

  • Editorial: “Hope over despair”

    Sunday 18. of July 2010

    Orange reports on the fight against HIV/AIDS and international drug policies. Our aim: End stigma and bring marginalised sectors out of the shadows.

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  • The Orange Team

    Sunday 18. of July 2010

    Find out more about the authors, the photographers and designer of the Orange reporting from the AIDS conference 2010.

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  • The End of the Beginning

    Sunday 18. of July 2010

    As the fight against HIV/AIDS steps up, so do the calls for drastic policy change. Orange looks at the latest updates in this year’s International AIDS Conference.

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  • The Young Ones

    Monday 19. of July 2010

    People growing up today have never known a world without AIDS. Young people are disproportionately affected in the HIV pandemic: every minute 5 persons under the age of 24 get infected with HIV.

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  • Success formula?

    Monday 19. of July 2010

    There are countries around the globe that have a rate of HIV infection up to 60% among injecting drug users. Portugal and Iran are two examples for successful harm reduction and a decreasing infection rate.

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  • Breaking the myths

    Monday 19. of July 2010

    World leaders proclaimed a war on drugs. Billions were spent, but drugs still continue to circulate around the globe. According to HIV experts and drug policy advocates, repressive drug regimes fuel the epidemic.

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  • Today’s Silk Road

    Monday 19. of July 2010

    Bulgaria and Romania have always been countries on a crossroad for the traffic from East to West, because of their geographical situation. The Old Silk Road now has become the main way for drugs and human trafficking.

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  • Tourist Trap

    Monday 19. of July 2010

    Asia’s thriving sex tourism scene makes it a hotspot for HIV/AIDS-complications and other human rights violations.

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  • Dude… Do you have some rubbers?

    Monday 19. of July 2010

    We are young, hip, fun and cool. We don’t like listening to the history of HIV/AIDS and how many people died in the past 20 years. We don’t like feeling guilty about our actions. It’s not cool.

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  • My needle is not your needle!

    Monday 19. of July 2010

    HIV prevalence among injecting drug users (IDUs) is as high as 70%. Change is possible: Providing clean needles is the fundamental step. But where illicit drug use is a criminal offence, people do not use life-saving services.

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  • The clock is ticking

    Monday 19. of July 2010

    Five years left until 2015, the deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). Together with the successes there is an array of goals and targets that are likely to be missed.

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  • Would you eat from the same dish as HIV+ person?

    Monday 19. of July 2010

    Marginalisation, stigma and discrimination are still major obstacles towards the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.

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  • Sex, drugs and rock 'n roll

    Monday 19. of July 2010

    HIV/AIDS shook the world when they first entered public consciousness in the early ‘80s. Here are some of their more colorful moments in pop culture.

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  • “Broken promises kill.”

    Tuesday 20. of July 2010

    The opening of the 2010 AIDS Conference gave the floor to the world's actors who fight HIV/AIDS. Their voices united under the motto “Rights Here, Right Now!” emphasised universal access for treatment and human rights.

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  • Every night a cold-blooded nightmare

    Tuesday 20. of July 2010

    Lakshmi was threatened to marry, forced to sex, and is today a HIV positive mother of a HIV positive child. 15.7 million women in the world have HIV. The feminisation of the epidemic must be addressed.

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  • The glamorous disease?

    Tuesday 20. of July 2010

    Pick a piece of pop culture and it’s more than likely you’ll find something with an AIDS related theme. So what is it about AIDS that makes it so appealing to pop culture and celebrities?

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