Health and human rights concerns of drug users in detention in Guangxi Province, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although confinement in drug detoxification ("detox") and re-education through labor (RTL) centers is the most common form of treatment for drug dependence in China, little has been published about the experience of drug users in such settings. We conducted an assessment of the impact of detention on drug users' access to HIV prevention and treatment services and consequent threats to fundamental human rights protections.

Methods and findings

Chinese government HIV and anti-narcotics legislation and policy documents were reviewed, and in-depth and key informant interviews were conducted with 19 injection drug users (IDUs) and 20 government and nongovernmental organization officials in Nanning and Baise, Guangxi Province. Significant contradictions were found in HI

SUBMITTER: Cohen JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2596857 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature