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St. Helier 2000

St. Helier Conference 2000The ‘11th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm’ took place from 9th – 13th April 2000 at the Hotel de France in St. Helier, Jersey (in the Channel Islands). The conference was organised by Harm Reduction International and HIT and, for the first time, was financially underwritten by a national government – the States of Jersey. The conference was also co-sponsored by UNAIDS and supported by the Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour.

The event attracted over 600 people from around 50 different countries – including delegates from North and South America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australasia, and all over Europe. The overall conference theme was ‘Integrated Approaches to Diverse Challenges’.

Overview

The ‘11th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm’ took place from 9th – 13th April 2000 at the Hotel de France in St. Helier, Jersey (in the Channel Islands). The conference was organised by Harm Reduction International and HIT and, for the first time, was financially underwritten by a national government – the… Read more

Presentations

Petra Meier – ‘Service Accessibility for Female Drug Users: Treatment Agencies and Needle Exchanges’ Read more

Harm Reduction International Awards

The International Rolleston Award was awarded to Patrick O'Hare, the Executive Director of Harm Reduction International from 1996 (when the organisation was founded) to 2004 – when he became Harm Reduction International Honorary President. The award was presented in recognition of Mr. O’Hare’s groundbreaking work in the harm reduction field… Read more

Links

SMMGP Article – ‘Is UK Harm Reduction Under Threat?’ – based on the side meeting in Jersey If you have any presentations, photos, links or reports from the 11th International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm (or any other Harm Reduction International conference) that you would like to feature on these archive pages, please… Read more

Programmes