December 8th, 2011 by Nicole
Call for speakers: Policing and Public Health Conference, Melbourne, November 2012
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 ..read more
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December 7th, 2011 by Nicole
Prisons Project: Call for Consultants
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 ..read more
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November 15th, 2011 by Nicole
ATS and Harm Reduction: Findings of a workshop in Burma/Myanmar
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
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September 15th, 2011 by Nicole
Update: Strategic Meeting of Public Security and Drug Policy, Rio de Janeiro, 19-21 September
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 ..read more
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August 16th, 2011 by Nicole
Read this: By Women, For Women: New Approaches to Harm Reduction in Russia
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
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