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Russia: Government Shuts HIV-Prevention Group’s Website
08 February 2012
Russia: Government Shuts HIV-Prevention Group’s Website Move is an Assault on Freedom of Expression The Russian government’s anti-drugs agency has ordered the blocking of the website of a… Read more
Opening on Board of Directors of Harm Reduction International
17 January 2012
Nominations are currently being invited to fill a vacancy on Board of Directors (who are also Trustees) of Harm Reduction International. This appointment will be made until the 2013 annual general… Read more
Request for expression of interest to coordinate the drafting of a chapter for HRI's upcoming Global State of Harm Reduction 2012 publication
03 January 2012
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST To coordinate the drafting of a thematic chapter on women, injecting drug use and harm reduction for Harm Reduction International’s upcoming Global State of Harm… Read more
Insight - Russia says no to West's way with HIV (Reuters, 21 December 2011)
03 January 2012
(Reuters) - In 2010, President Dmitry Medvedev said heroin was a threat to Russia's national security. This year, Russia pledged to finance programmes to reduce the harm done by drug use, including… Read more
U.S. reinstates federal funding ban for needle and syringe exchange programmes
31 December 2011
On December 16, 2011, Congress restored the infamous ban on U.S. federal funding for needle and syringe exchange programmes. The decision comes just two years after the 21-year-old ban was… Read more
A coalition of drug policy organisations put forth a submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Poland at the UN Human Rights Council
28 December 2011
The submission – by Harm Reduction International, the Polish Drug Policy Network, Political Critique, the Jump 93 Association, Student Drug Policy Initiative and the Social AIDS Committee – draws… Read more
Harm Reduction International Submits to the Universal Periodic Review of India at the Human Rights Council
21 December 2011
Harm Reduction International, the Indian Harm Reduction Network and the Asian Network of People who Use Drugs authored a submission on India to the UN Human Rights Council for the Universal Periodic… Read more
CALL TO ACTION: 200 days to save the Global Fund
01 December 2011
The cancellation by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria of all new programming until 2014 is unacceptable. This decision will cost lives and cripple international efforts to deliver on… Read more
Harm Reduction International: Questions for leaders on World AIDS Day
30 November 2011
Harm Reduction International's statement on World AIDS Day 2011 Read more
Drug Laws Fail to Protect Children, Writes former President of Brazil, Fernando Henrique Cardoso in Elsevier’s International Journal of Drug Policy
22 November 2011
Amsterdam, November 22, 2011 - “Would legal regulation and control of drugs better protect children?” is a question posed by former President of Brazil, Fernando Henrique Cardoso in an editorial to… Read more
