Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch
Biographic Data
| ID | 381899 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kasia |
| FAMILY NAME | Malinowska-Sempruch |
| SIGNATURE | MALINOWSKA-SEMPRUCH K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Open Society Foundations |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The limits of evidence in global drug control: Reflections on the WHO coca leaf review
At the end of 2025, a much-anticipated review process within the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded with a recommendation to maintain the coca leaf’s status as a controlled substance (World ...
Social Workers as Potential Agents for Drug Policy Reform
There is a growing recognition that our society must address systemic racism, mass criminalization and violent policing with alternative responses to crises in communities. Reform advocates have increasingly proposed that social workers, equipped with the skills and training to de-escalate tensions and respond to mental health and substance use crises, should work in teams alongside police officers. Despite broad support by community stakeholders…
Shaping drug policy in Poland
What has been achieved in HIV prevention, treatment and care for people who inject drugs, 2010–2012? A review of the six highest burden countries
OBJECTIVE: In 2010 the international HIV/AIDS community called on countries to take action to prevent HIV transmission among people who inject drugs (PWID). To set a baseline we proposed an "accountability matrix", focusing upon six countries accounting for half of the global population of PWID: China, Malaysia, Russia, Ukraine, Vietnam and the USA. Two years on, we review progress. DESIGN: We searched peer-reviewed literature, conducted online s…
Women, Harm Reduction and HIV
Gender shapes the experience of drug use and its associated risks. In most parts of the world, however, harm reduction and drug treatment programmes that tailor their services to meet women's needs are rare or nonexistent. Many existing services inadvertently exclude women, and discriminatory policies and social stigma drive women drug users from care and expose them to human rights abuses. Women drug users often provide sex in exchange for housi…
Negative consequences of world drug policies
Harm reduction in prisons is crucial to the reduction of HIV in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
Women, Harm Reduction and HIV
Gender shapes the experience of drug use and its associated risks. In most parts of the world, however, harm reduction and drug treatment programmes that tailor their services to meet women's needs are rare or nonexistent. Many existing services inadvertently exclude women, and discriminatory policies and social stigma drive women drug users from care and expose them to human rights abuses. Women drug users often provide sex in exchange for housi…
Negative consequences of world drug policies
Harm reduction in prisons is crucial to the reduction of HIV in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
Women, Harm Reduction and HIV
Gender shapes the experience of drug use and its associated risks. In most parts of the world, however, harm reduction and drug treatment programmes that tailor their services to meet women's needs are rare or nonexistent. Many existing services inadvertently exclude women, and discriminatory policies and social stigma drive women drug users from care and expose them to human rights abuses. Women drug users often provide sex in exchange for housi…
What has been achieved in HIV prevention, treatment and care for people who inject drugs, 2010–2012? A review of the six highest burden countries
OBJECTIVE: In 2010 the international HIV/AIDS community called on countries to take action to prevent HIV transmission among people who inject drugs (PWID). To set a baseline we proposed an "accountability matrix", focusing upon six countries accounting for half of the global population of PWID: China, Malaysia, Russia, Ukraine, Vietnam and the USA. Two years on, we review progress. DESIGN: We searched peer-reviewed literature, conducted online s…
Shaping drug policy in Poland
Social Workers as Potential Agents for Drug Policy Reform
There is a growing recognition that our society must address systemic racism, mass criminalization and violent policing with alternative responses to crises in communities. Reform advocates have increasingly proposed that social workers, equipped with the skills and training to de-escalate tensions and respond to mental health and substance use crises, should work in teams alongside police officers. Despite broad support by community stakeholders…
The limits of evidence in global drug control: Reflections on the WHO coca leaf review
At the end of 2025, a much-anticipated review process within the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded with a recommendation to maintain the coca leaf’s status as a controlled substance (World ...
HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (4 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Harm (3 works) · Harm reduction (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Drug (2 works)