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Suee
Suee (The Needle), a film directed by Sai Paranjpye, explores a number of areas in the lives of injecting drug users including treatment, care, peer and community support, rehabilitation and the workplace. It was launched by Response Beyond Borders, the Asian consortium on drug use HIV/ AIDS and poverty at the IX International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific. Ms Paranjpye, a Cannes Film Festival award winner, worked closely with injecting drug users from the Sankalp Rehabilitation Trust in Mumbai and spent time interviewing them on location and involving them as actors in the film. She also consulted NGO Sharan in Delhi, the International Center for Research on Women, and the World Bank. The 30 minute film was aired on Doordarshan on World AIDS Day, 1 December 2009. Production The film was drawn from the South Asia Region Development Marketplace (SAR DM), an initiative spearheaded by the World Bank. It consists of a competitive grants programme that identifies an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sai Paranjpye
Sai Paranjpye (born 19 March 1938) is an Indian movie director and screenwriter. She is the director of the award-winning movies '' Sparsh'', '' Katha'', '' Chasme Buddoor'' and '' Disha''. She has written and directed many Marathi plays such as Jaswandi, Sakkhe Shejari, and Albel. She has won 4 National Film Awards and 2 Filmfare awards. The Government of India awarded Sai the Padma Bhushan in 2006 in recognition of her artistic talents.Padma Bhushan Awardees Ms. Sai Paranjpye, Arts, Maharashtra, 2006. Early years Sai Paranjpye was born on 19 March 1938 in to Russian Youra Sleptzoff and ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Injecting Drug Users
Drug injection is a method of introducing a drug into the bloodstream via a hollow hypodermic needle, which is pierced through the skin into the body (usually intravenously, but also at an intramuscular or Subcutaneous injection, subcutaneous, location). Intravenous therapy, a form of drug injection, is universally practiced in modernized medical care. , there were 13.2 million people worldwide who self-administered injection drugs outside of medical supervision, of which 22% are from developed countries. A wide variety of drugs are injected, often opioids: these may include legally prescribed medicines and medication such as morphine, as well as stronger compounds often favored in recreational drug use, which are often illegal. Although there are various methods of taking drugs, injection is favoured by some people as the full effects of the drug are experienced very quickly, typically in five to ten seconds. It also bypasses first pass effect, first-pass metabolism in the live ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
