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Health, crime and crisis: the Pacific's methamphetamine challenge
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The growing methamphetamine crisis in the Pacific is having a devastating impact on health, human security and regional stability.
On this episode of the Pacific Wayfinder podcast, Chair of the Fiji National HIV outbreak Taskforce, Dr Jason Mitchell, and Head of the Pacific Programme at the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime, Virginia Comolli, join Pacific Security College Academic Fellow Dr Nicholas Thomson for a topical discussion on the HIV epidemic and drug crisis facing the region.
They consider the need for a cross-sectoral approach involving health, law enforcement and communities to address the crisis, and look at the challenges facing on-the-ground health responses and the need to prioritise human rights and compassion towards victims of the drug and HIV epidemic.
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Making Pacific Climate Policy
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