Afghan Female Injecting Drug User Gets Help

Afghan female injecting drug user gets help – Waheeda, an Afghan mother of four started abusing drugs in her early twenties after she got married. With little access to information or help, she abused drugs for twelve years (through four pregnancies) before finally getting help at the Nejat Centre in Kabul which offers drug dependence treatment services. Since 2008, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) through its country office in Afghanistan has supported HIV services for some of the most marginalized women in the country – women drug abusers and women prisoners.

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Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

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Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

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by: Patrick Carlyon, Ruth Lamperd

Filed under: drug addiction news 2008

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