International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 103-106 , March 2010

The Global Fund's leadership on harm reduction: 2002–2009

  • Rifat Atun

      Affiliations

    • The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Switzerland
    • Imperial College London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Chemin de Blandonnet 8, 1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 58 791 1780; fax: +41 58 791 1701.
    • ,
  • Michel Kazatchkine

      Affiliations

    • The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Switzerland

Received 13 October 2009 ,Revised 24 December 2009 ,Accepted 5 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2010.01.002

International Journal of Drug Policy
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 103-106 , March 2010

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