Nominations are now open. Nomination forms are provided under each award.
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Each year, IHRA presents a number of awards at the international harm reduction conferences to acknowledge the contributions of outstanding groups or individuals in the field of harm reduction.
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The International Rolleston Award
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This award was first presented at the ‘3rd International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm’ in Melbourne in 1992. Each year, it is given to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to reducing harms from psychoactive substances at an international level.
The award is named after Sir Humphrey Rolleston, President of the Royal College of Physicians who chaired the UK Departmental Committee on Morphine and Heroin Addiction. In 1926 this committee concluded that the prescription of heroin or morphine could be regarded as legitimate medical treatment for those in whom withdrawal produces serious symptoms that cannot be treated satisfactorily under normal practice and, for those for who are able to lead a useful and fairly normal life so long as they take a certain non-progressive quantity, usually small, of the drug of addiction, but cease to be able to do so when the regular allowance is withdrawn. This decision epitomises a benign, pragmatic and humane approach to drug problems, and was a landmark event in the history of harm reduction.
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Previous Winners
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– 1992 Dave Purchase (on behalf of North American Syringe Exchange, USA)
– 1993 Ernie Drucker (USA)
– 1994 Alex Wodak (Australia)
– 1995 Anne Coppell (France)
– 1996 Aaron Peak (Nepal)
– 1997 Luigi Ciotti (Italy)
– 1998 Nick Crofts (Australia)
– 1999 Jean-Paul Grund (Netherlands)
– 2000 Pat O'Hare (Italy)
– 2001 Fabio Mesquita (Brazil)
– 2002 Ethan Nadelmann (USA)
– 2003 Ambros Uchtenhagen (Switzerland)
– 2004 Anya Sarang (Russia)
– 2005 Zunyou Wu (China)
– 2006 Robert Newman (USA)
– 2007 Vladimir Mendelevich (Russia)
– 2008 Andrew Ball (Australia)
– 2009 Ralf Jurgens (Canada) and Sam Friedman (USA)
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The National Rolleston Award
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This award was first presented at the ‘3rd International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm’ in Melbourne in 1992. Each year, it is given to an individual or organisation for their outstanding contributions to reducing harm from psychoactive substances at the national level in the country that is hosting the harm reduction conference.
This award is named after Sir Humphrey Rolleston, President of the Royal College of Physicians who chaired the UK Departmental Committee on Morphine and Heroin Addiction. In 1926 this committee concluded that the prescription of heroin or morphine could be regarded as legitimate medical treatment for those in whom withdrawal produces serious symptoms that cannot be treated satisfactorily under normal practice and, for those for who are able to lead a useful and fairly normal life so long as they take a certain non-progressive quantity, usually small, of the drug of addiction, but cease to be able to do so when the regular allowance is withdrawn. This decision epitomises a benign, pragmatic and humane approach to drug problems, and was a landmark event in the history of harm reduction.
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Previous Winners
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– 1992 Les Drew (Australia)
– 1993 Wijnand Mulder (Netherlands)
– 1994 Catherine Hankins (Canada)
– 1995 San Giuliano Unità di Strada (Italy)
– 1996 The Australian IV League (Australia)
– 1997 Alain Mucchielli (France)
– 1998 Tarcisio Andrade (Brazil)
– 1999 André Seidenberg (Switzerland)
– 2000 Mike Wavell (Jersey)
– 2001 Jimmy Dorabjee (India)
– 2002 Tatja Kostnapfel-Rihtar (Slovenia)
– 2003 Mae Chan Project (Thailand)
– 2004 Tony Trimingham (Australia)
– 2005 Des Flannagan (Northern Ireland)
– 2006 The Drug User Advisory Group (Canada)
– 2007 Marek Zygadlo (Poland)
– 2008 Àmbit Prevenció (Spain)
– 2009 Thai Drug Users’ Network (TDN) Founders (Thailand)
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The Carol and Travis Jenkins Award
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Since the 15th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm in Belfast (2005), this award has been presented each year to a current or former drug user who has made an outstanding contribution to reducing drug related harm.
The award was initially named after Travis Jenkins, the extraordinary jazz musician and composer who died of cancer in 2004. Travis Jenkins overcame a heroin addiction in order to marry and raise two sons, travel around the world with his anthropologist wife and create his music. For 2009, the award has been renamed the Carol and Travis Jenkins Award in memory of Carol Jenkins, who worked for many years with the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research as a medical anthropologist, and was one of the leading instigators to setting up the National Aids Council. Carol Jenkins was renowned for her research into sexual behaviour and was a leading expert on HIV and AIDS. Equally important was her connection with the Hagahai people of Papua New Guinea, who were her second family.
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Previous Winners
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– 2005 Paisan Suwannawong (Thailand)
– 2006 Jason Farrell (USA)
– 2007 Alexandra (Sasha) Volgina (Russia)
– 2008 Theo van Dam (Netherlands)
– 2009 Holly Bradford (USA)
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The Paolo Pertica Fellowship
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The Paolo Pertica Fellowship was established in 2004 by the European Network of Drugs and Infections Prevention in Prisons (ENDIPP). The creation of ENDIPP stemmed from Paolo Pertica’s work with prisoners from a wide range of different nationalities incarcerated in London prisons. The Fellowship was created to acknowledge his contribution to the development of work with drug using prisoners in the UK and within European criminal justice systems. The fellowship is now located within IHRA and has been extended to applicants worldwide.
The aim of the Fellowship is to encourage innovative harm reduction work or research in prison and other custodial settings by enabling the recipients to develop small projects. These projects must clearly demonstrate how they contribute to improving the conditions of those individuals in custody who either have drug use or HIV related needs. The Fellowship is for one year with up to €10,000 available. The completed project report is then presented at the next IHRA international conference.
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Criteria
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To develop and report on an innovative HR action research or demonstration project based in prison or other custodial settings. The project could involve:
• Introducing/running HR services
• Research on HR needs
• Education/training on HR.
• Advocating for introduction of HR.
• Advocating for prisoners rights – esp. re drug use.
• Developing a funding proposal for a larger HR project.
Applicants should ensure that their proposal is manageable within the timeframe (one year) and resources available.
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Who can apply
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Individuals or organisations any where in the world. (Applicants do not have to be an IHRA member)
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Deadline
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Applications are now extended to Friday 19th March 2010.
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Previous Winners
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– 2009 Saman Zamani (Iran)
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The Film Festival Award
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This award is jointly presented by IHRA and the Burnet Institute (Australia) to the best film or documentary at the International Drugs and Harm Reduction Film Festival – which has run in parallel to the international harm reduction conference since 2004.
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Previous Winners
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– 2004 “Hi Dad” - Theresa Wynnyk & Sherry McKibben (Canada)
– 2005 “Mohammad and the Matchmaker” - Maziar Bahari (Iran)
– 2006 “Worth Saving” - Gretchen Hildebran & Leah Wolchok (USA)
– 2007 "FrontAids" - Eugene Zaharov and Sergey Bogatyrev (Russia)
– 2008 "Harm reduction video, Cambodia – Injecting Drug Use"- David Eberhardt (USA)
– 2009 "A Cleaner Fix"- David Gough
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