News Archive (2008) - International Harm Reduction Association

December 2008

IHRA Internship Opportunity (London Office)

AIDS2010: Call for Committee Members and Speakers

Conference Website Now Available in Thai

Update from the MENAHRA Network

‘Druglink International’ Now Available Online

Youth RISE Re-Launches Website for World AIDS Day

Switzerland Votes for Heroin Prescription Programme

WHO-SEARO Launch New Guidelines

The Connections Project Announce First Conference

November 2008

Harm Reduction Networks Make Submission to UN on Human Rights

UNODC Launch New Paper on Women and HIV in Prison Settings

INPUD Hold General Meeting and Launch Call for Members

Harm Reduction 2009: An Open Letter from the Conference Director

EMCDDA Launch ‘The State of the Drugs Problem in Europe’

Australian Police Chief Calls for ‘New Approach’ to Drugs

Good Practice in Harm Reduction

UK Report Documents Preventable Harms amongst Injecting Drug Users

October 2008

US National Harm Reduction Conference Aims for a National Policy

Abstract Deadline Approaching for Harm Reduction 2009

Applications Invited for the 2009 Paolo Pertica Fellowship

Nominations Invited for 2009 IHRA Awards

International Journal of Drug Policy Focuses on Pleasure and Drug Use

Sign Up Your City for the 2009 Worldwide Marijuana March

Update from the Sub-Saharan Africa Harm Reduction Network (SAHRN)

IHRA to Deliver Seminar on Human Rights and the War on Drugs

IHRA Make Submission to the UN Committee Against Torture

September 2008

Youth RISE Announce New Internship Opportunities

IHRA and Human Rights Watch Host Side-Event at UN Human Rights Council

Latest Developments and Priorities from the International Drug Policy Consortium

WHO-EURO Releases Dublin Declaration Progress Report

September 2008 Article of the Month: UN Reference Group Launch New Data on Injecting Drug Use and HIV

Funds Available for Harm Reduction Projects in the Middle East and North Africa

Call for Comments: UNODC / WHO / UNAIDS Policy Statement on HIV in Prisons

INPUD Invite Comments on New ‘Consensus Position’

Where’s the Methadone?

Harm Reduction 2009: Registration and Abstract Submission Opens

Argentine Conference on Drug Policy: Conclusions and Perspectives

August 2008

Overdose Awareness Day: Report from Eastern Europe and Central Asia

New Guide to Opioid Substitution Treatment in Custodial Settings

Harm Reduction Activities at the XVII International AIDS Conference

IHRA Publish UN Special Rapporteur Speech from Harm Reduction 2008

August 2008 Article of the Month

INPUD Asia-Pacific Deliver Statement to UN Secretary-General

New Directors Appointed at the 2008 IHRA AGM

International Journal of Drug Policy Focuses on Australian Heroin Drought

UNAIDS Launch 2008 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic

UK Report Concludes That Punitive Policies Have Little Impact

Delegate Feedback from Harm Reduction 2008

New Harm Reduction Training Course Announced in Asia

July 2008

Network Update from the Middle East and North Africa

Youth RISE Launch Fact Sheet for International AIDS Conference

Drug User Meeting Organised for International AIDS Conference

300 NGOs Agree Declaration at ‘Beyond 2008’

July 2008 Article of the Month

UNODC Launch Harm Reduction Programme in Romanian Prisons

Harm Reduction 2009 Website Launched

International Drug User Remembrance Day

Overdose Awareness Day 2008

Conference Addresses Global Methamphetamine Use

June 2008

Human Rights Take Centre Stage on ‘International Day Against Drug Abuse’

IHRA at the 2008 High Level Meeting on AIDS

Over 1,200 Attend ‘Harm Reduction 2008’ in Barcelona

Warwick 2008: What About Harm Reduction?

WHO Improving Access to Controlled Medicines

Update from the International Drug Policy Consortium

Methadone Maintenance Therapy Starts in Ukraine

IHRA Moves London Office

UNODC Call for Greater Focus on “Three HRs”

New Harm Reduction Coalition Launched for Police

May 2008

Safe Injecting Facility Receives Legal Boost in Canada

IHRA Launch ‘Global State of Harm Reduction 2008’ Report

Methadone Maintenance Therapy Launched in Vietnam

International Sex Worker Community Release Collective Statement

April 2008

AusAID Launches New Harm Reduction Programme

International Journal of Drug Policy - Volume 19, Issue 2

Developing a Harm Reduction Network for Western Europe

IHRA Set to Launch Major New Report

Countdown to Harm Reduction 2008

‘50 Best’ Document Collection on Alcohol Harm Reduction

IHRD Launch New ‘Harm Reduction Developments’ Report

IHRA’s Annual General Meeting Notice

UN Secretary-General Calls for Increased Protection for IDU

Call for Nominations for the IHRA Executive

March 2008

IHRA at the 51st Session of the CND

UNODC Chief Calls for Greater Focus on Human Rights

Harm Reduction 2008: An Update

CND Passes Groundbreaking Human Rights Resolution

IHRA Launch New HR2 Blog – Including CND Updates

IHRA Co-Author New Beckley Report – ‘Recalibrating the Regime’

Menahra Launch Newsletter

IHRA President Speaks at ‘CLAT 4’

IHRA Well Represented at 2008 International AIDS Conference

February 2008

Thai AIDS Treatment Action Group Warns Of New “War on Drugs”

IJDP: New Issue Out Now

February 2008 Article of the Month

IHRA Launch New Report on the INCB

UNODC Release Paper on Harm Reduction

Death Penalty for Drug Offences: An Update

New Newsletter for US Needle & Syringe Exchange Programmes

1st Asian Consultation on HIV and Drug Use Takes Place in Goa

Eurasian Harm Reduction Network: Steering Committee Elections

‘Findings’ Online Archive Growing

January 2008

Urgent Request from the UN Reference Group on HIV and IDU

IHRA Vacancy: Media and Communications Officer

Harm Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Network is Formed

Middle East and North Africa: Call for Proposals

CONNECTIONS Project Launched

International Youth Network for Harm Reduction

International Journal of Drug Policy – Special Conference Offer and Latest Issue