What we do
IHRA’s mission is to promote harm reduction on a global basis through an integrated programme of research, advocacy, information sharing, networking and collaboration.
Our work aims to improve public health, protect the human rights of people who use drugs and reduce the individual and community harms from psychoactive drug use. We work with local, national, regional and international civil society organisations, as well and with UN and other multilateral agencies, on a wide range of activities, projects and programmes including:
- Public Health Research, Policy Analysis and Advocacy
- Human Rights Research and Advocacy
- Regional and International Harm Reduction Networking, including support for new and emerging Networks
- Conferences and Events, including the annual International Harm Reduction Conference
- Media Work, Publishing and Communications