Workshops

In addition to this year's main programme at HR:2011 we are pleased to announce that there will also be a workshop and training stream running alongside the main conference sessions on Monday 4th, Tuesday 5th and Wednesday 6th April 2011. In total there will be twelve workshop sessions across the three days for delegates to attend.

Each workshop will be one and half hours in length and the trainings will start at 11.30 each day and end at 17.30. There will be no workshops or trainings on Sunday 3rd or Thursday 7th April.

Topics of the workshops vary from overdose prevention, introducing and scaling up OST services to hepatitis C treatment and care and advocacy trainings.

All workshops are to be held in English unless otherwise stated.

Currently we have the following training sessions available:

Setting up a nationwide programme on opioid substitution treatment (OST)

DATE AND TIME OF WORKSHOP: Monday 4th April, 11.00 - 12.30pm TITLE OF WORKSHOP: Setting up a nationwide programme on opioid substitution treatment (OST) WORKSHOP CONTENT: Introduce principles of addiction treatment; the combined pharmacology and psychosocial support model in limited resource setting. Milestones from pilot to scale up… Read more

Peer Support Work: developing meaningful co-operations between communities, services and policy makers

DATE AND TIME OF WORKSHOP: Monday 4th April, 12.45 - 14.15pm TITLE OF WORKSHOP: Peer Support Work: developing meaningful co-operations between communities, services and policy makers WORKSHOP CONTENT: Peer Support Work is an essential approach in public health. It supports the empowerment of people using drugs and stimulates their… Read more

Overdose prevention training

DATE AND TIME OF WORKSHOP: Monday 4th April, 14.30 - 16.00pm TITLE OF WORKSHOP: Overdose prevention training WORKSHOP CONTENT: Overdose prevention and response is an overlooked and underfunded need in most parts of the world. Interventions to reverse opiate overdose are safe and remarkably effective; while there is not yet a good… Read more

Challenges to the adoption of harm reduction policies

DATE AND TIME OF WORKSHOP: Monday 4th April, 16.10 - 17.40pm TITLE OF WORKSHOP: Challenges to the adoption of harm reduction policies WORKSHOP CONTENT: This session conducted with the Menahra Knowledge Hubs will outline how to advocate for harm reduction, undertaking an assessment for implementing harm reduction, prioritization of… Read more

How to set up a vocational training program for in-treatment drug users

DATE AND TIME OF WORKSHOP: Tuesday 5th April, 11.00 - 12.30pm TITLE OF WORKSHOP: How to set up a vocational training program for in-treatment drug users WORKSHOP CONTENT: What needs to think about when designing a vocational training and employment program; analysis of barriers and solutions to develop critical program components and… Read more

How to implement harm reduction in prisons

DATE AND TIME OF WORKSHOP: Tuesday 5th April, 12.45 - 14.15pm TITLE OF WORKSHOP: How to implement harm reduction in prisons WORKSHOP CONTENT: This session will outline the introduction of harm reduction in prisons. The topics covered include advocacy, harm reduction programmes, drug treatment including methadone maintenance treatment,… Read more

Hepatitis C treatment and care: A participative training resource for developing and improving services

DATE AND TIME OF WORKSHOP: Tuesday 5th April, 14.30 - 16.00pm TITLE OF WORKSHOP: Hepatitis C treatment and care: A participative training resource for developing and improving services. WORKSHOP CONTENT: This training workshop supports the adaptation and use of a three day hepatitis C (HCV) treatment and care training programme that… Read more

Establishing a low-threshold community based opioid substitution treatment (OST) programme

DATE AND TIME OF WORKSHOP: Tuesday 5th April, 16.10 - 17.40pm TITLE OF WORKSHOP: Establishing a low-threshold community based opioid substitution treatment (OST) programme WORKSHOP CONTENT: In this workshop you will become familiar with how OST can be delivered by a grass root organization mostly based on peer driven model, with major… Read more

What does a multi-sectorial service system for drug users look like?

DATE AND TIME OF WORKSHOP: Wednesday 6th April, 11.00 - 12.30pm TITLE OF WORKSHOP: What does a multi-sectorial service system for drug users look like? WORKSHOP CONTENT: This training is designed for program implementers, donors and government officials, especially those in the initial stages of developing a comprehensive response HIV… Read more

Opiod Substitution Treatment in practice

DATE AND TIME OF WORKSHOP: Wednesday 6th April, 12.45 - 14.15pm TITLE OF WORKSHOP: Opiod Substitution Treatment in practice WORKSHOP CONTENT: This session will focus on practical aspects of running opioid substitution treatment services including how to run a methadone maintenance clinic, prescribing methadone and buprenorphine, and… Read more

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