The ‘17th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm’ took place in Vancouver, Canada from April 30th to May 4th 2006. The 5-day event was attended by 1,300 delegates from over 60 countries and included keynote speeches, 7 plenary sessions, 8 major sessions, 42 concurrent sessions and hundreds of poster presentations. The conference theme was “Hear & Now: The PEER Conference” – ‘Hear’ to highlight support for global dialogue around harm reduction, ‘Now’ to emphasise the need for immediate actions, and ‘PEER’ to represent Protection, Empowerment, Equality and Respect (“the backbone of harm reduction programmes”).
Vancouver 2006
Overview
The ‘17th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm’ took place in Vancouver, Canada from April 30th to May 4th 2006. The 5-day event was attended by 1,300 delegates from over 60 countries and included keynote speeches, 7 plenary sessions, 8 major sessions, 42 concurrent sessions and hundreds of poster presentations. The… Read more
Programme & Abstracts
Click here to view the conference reader (including the programme) Click here to view the conference abstracts book Read more
Presentations
Sunday 30th April Opening Session JVR Prasada Rao Monday 1st May 2006 Poster Presentations Jane Fountain Read more
Rapporteur Report
The appointed Conference Rapporteur for this event was Professor Steffanie Strathdee from the University of California’s San Diego School of Medicine. Professor Strathdee was assisted in her task by the Rapporteur Team - Robin Pollini, Cari Miller, Darlène Palmer, Monica Malta, and Tasnim Azim. Click here to view the Rapporteur Report Read more
Harm Reduction International Awards
The International Rolleston Award This was awarded to , the leading advocate for the provision of methadone on a maintenance basis for over 35 years - earning him the title of “The Methadone Pope”. Dr. Newman has advised many governments on their policies for injecting drug users, notably the government of Hong Kong where methadone is now… Read more
Film Festival
The 3rd ‘Drugs and Harm Reduction Film Festival’ was held during the Vancouver conference in 2006, and showcased a large number of international documentaries. The evening sessions of films (entitled “Best of the Fest”) regularly attracted over 300 delegates. Click here to view the Film Festival programme and abstracts The 2006 Film… Read more
