The First International Conference on the Intersection of Law Enforcement and Public Health – Melbourne, Australia. 11-14 November, 2012 has just been announced! This is an excellent opportunity for law enforcement personnel of all ranks, divisions and countries to come together and talk about policing and public health collaborations in areas such as harm reduction, substance use, mental health, family violence, road trauma and others. Click on the conference website below and register your details to receive regular updates
www.policing-and-public-health.com
The Eurasian Harm Reduction Network (EHRN) is starting to implement the UNODC funded project “Ensuring relevant authorities act to contain the HIV/ TB/Hepatitis C epidemics among drug users and in prison settings in Albania, Serbia and the FYR of Macedonia” and is looking for an expert/ consultant knowledgeable in issues of harm reduction in prisons to lead and implement some of the project activities. Click here for more detail… UNODC Prisons Project_Call for consultants
Everyone interested in this assignment is invited to submit their candidacies by the end of December 11th by email hub@harm-reduction.org. The project needs to start immediately therefore please excuse us for the short timelines.
Please share this announcement with people who might be interested in this assignment.
For more information please contact:
Marija Subataite, Technical Support Program
Tel.: +370 5 2609007, 2691600
Cell: +370 68738511
E-mail: marija@harm-reduction.org
Skype: smilaa
Excellent commentary about amphetamine use in South East Asia by Tony Bickman, United Nations Office on Drug Control (UNODC)
http://www.undrugcontrol.info/en/weblog/item/2896-ats-and-harm-reduction
The meeting was a great success and afforded excellent networking with like-minded colleagues from Latin America, Europe and the UK. Issues discussed included community policing initiatives, drug education in schools, harm reduction initiatives such as heroin trials and safe injecting facilities. Outcomes of the meeting included a declaration about the ‘way forward’ for the UPP (Police Pacifer Units), including a re-think about the so-called ‘war on drugs’. Click here to read the document… Declaration ENGLISH
Read more on the website www.drogaseseguranca.org.br
This Open Society Foundations report provides a comprehensive survey of successful harm
reduction interventions focused on women in Russia.
http://www.soros.org/initiatives/health/focus/ihrd/articles_publications/publications/russia-women-harmreduction-20110803
