About IHRA
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Staff Bios and Photos
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IHRA in the Media
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Media Releases for 2010
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Media Releases Archive
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Harm Reduction 2010 Media Centre
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Contact Us
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About IHRA
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IHRA is the leading organisation in promoting evidence based harm reduction policies and practices on a global basis for all psychoactive substances (including illicit drugs, tobacco and alcohol). Our work includes conferences, advocacy campaigns, research, network building, and information exchange.
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Staff Bios and Photos
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 Professor Gerry Stimson bio [PDF:19KB] and photo [JPG:41KB]
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Rick Lines bio [PDF:308KB] and photo [JPG:10KB]
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IHRA in the Media
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Media Releases for 2010
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11 March 2010: US finally moving in the right direction on HIV Harm Reduction
US the big surprise at International Drug meeting in Vienna
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The Obama Administration’s fresh approach to international drug and HIV/AIDS policy at the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) meeting taking place in Vienna has been warmly welcomed by the International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA).
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8 March 2010: Mauritian Government plans to reintroduce the death penalty would lead to a public health disaster.
Some 90 percent of HIV infections are among injecting drug users – death penalty would drive injecting drug use underground
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The Mauritian Prime Minister’s recent announcement that he was planning to reintroduce the death penalty in an attempt to reduce drug trafficking in the country, if successfully passed, would bring on a public health disaster and drive injecting drug use underground in a country where some 90 per cent of HIV infections are among injecting drug users (IDUs), the International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA) said today.
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1 March, 2010: HIV prevention, treatment, and care services for people who inject drugs: a systematic review of global, regional, and national coverage for the 2009 Reference Group to the UN on HIV and Injecting Drug Use – an IHRA Response
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A new study by researchers for the 2009 Reference Group to the UN on HIV and Injecting Drug Use, published in The Lancet has confirmed fears that injecting drug users (IDUs) have become the neglected population in the fight against HIV which in turn is producing a spiralling public health crisis across many parts of the globe, said the International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA).
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For IHRA media releases from previous years, please visit the Media Releases Archive.
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Contact Us
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Michael Kessler
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Email: Michael Kessler
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Phone: +34 655 792 699
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