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Raminta Stuikyte Central and Eastern European Harm Reduction Network (CEE-HRN)

Preparation for International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm - 2005. Focus on ARV4IDU. Raminta Stuikyte Central and Eastern European Harm Reduction Network (CEE-HRN). IHRD conference “Moving Harm Reduction Policy Forward” October 4-6, 2004 Kiev, Ukraine.

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Raminta Stuikyte Central and Eastern European Harm Reduction Network (CEE-HRN)

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  1. Preparation for International Conference on the Reduction of Drug Related Harm - 2005. Focus on ARV4IDU Raminta Stuikyte Central and Eastern European Harm Reduction Network (CEE-HRN) IHRD conference “Moving Harm Reduction Policy Forward” October 4-6, 2004 Kiev, Ukraine

  2. Presentation structure • Conference background • Raising issues: Linking to AIDS advocacy and ARV4IDU • Action needed

  3. Int’l Conference on the Reduction of Drug-Related Harm (ICRDRH) • Every year • Delegates: > 1000 from different countries • service providers • development and aid organizations • researchers • government, policy bodies’ representatives (last year 15%) • Themes: science and practice of harm reduction and linking to other fields • More attention to host region

  4. Themes:ICRDRH-2004 Content of verbal presentation at the 15th ICRDRH, source: A.Ritter. Conference report / International Journal of Drug Policy, in press

  5. ICRDRH-2005 • Date: March 20-24, 2005 • Place: Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK • Theme:Widening the agenda • Organizers: • Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS N-Ireland), International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA), others • Web: www.ihrcbelfast.com (for Russian: www.ceehrn.org)

  6. ICRDRH-2005 Widening the Agenda • Prescription of substitution therapy and treatment • Criminal justice   • Harm reduction: dimension, principles and practices • Conflicts and consequences: conflict situations • Young people • Alcohol and tobacco • Risky surrounding

  7. CEE-HRN focus for ICRDRH-2005in close collaboration with partners • HIV treatment for injecting drug users (ARV4IDU) • Linking harm reduction to AIDS community and advocacy

  8. Aims for ICRDRH-2005 • Raise the ARV4IDU issue higher in harm reduction agenda • Improve knowledge of harm reduction community about practical models of ARV4IDU, incl integrated models in outreach/ needle syringe exchange, substitution treatment programs

  9. Advocate for adequate inclusion of drug users in treatment programs among decision makers (incl of healthcare system) and recipients of GF grants • Mobilizing AIDS treatment activists’ voices and experience in advocacy

  10. TTAG Thai AIDS Treatment Action Group • Using lessons from AIDS-2004 in Bangkok: • Satellite session on advocacy, efficacy, practice of ARV4IDU and linking of harm reduction • Collaboration of international partners • Mobilizing WHO and other UN agencies • Work with international media

  11. Plans for ICRDRH-2005 • Major session on ARV4IDU with focus on advocacy • Practical skills sharing session on ARV4IDU • Work with decision-makers • Mobilizing of AIDS-affected community • Work with media

  12. Preliminary topics of major session • Update of the 3by5 initiative:Reaching drug users • Methadone and ARV interaction with drugs • Thailand: After conferences are over • Are harm reduction programs prepared for ARV4IDU scale-up? • Role of substitution treatment in providing ARV to IDUs • Addressing TB, Hepatitis C and other co-infections

  13. Skills sharing session: Good practice ARV4IDU • Opioid agonist pharmacotherapies for the management of HIV infected IDUs • Successes and challenges to deliver treatment in Ukraine • Linking harm reduction service and HIV provision to drug users in Iran • Providing antiretroviral therapy through mobile outreach • Addressing needs of HIV-positive cocaine and crack users: lessons from Brazil

  14. Actions • Work with conference organizers and partners • Participation of harm reductionists and community from CEE/NIS applying for abstracts and scholarships deadline – October 11, 2004; CEE-HRN assistance • Motivating decision-makers and GF grant recipients (coordinators of Tx component) to participate letters to be sent out and harm reductionists could promote the conference

  15. Coordination with partners from harm reduction community (other regions, AIDS treatment experts) • Mobilizing AIDS treatment activists for participation • Ensuring Russian translation at main sessions

  16. Contacts • conference: www.ihrcbelfast.com in RU www.ceehrn.org • session ARV4IDU raminta@ceehrn.org (Raminta) anya@ceehrn.org (Anya Sarang) • assistance with abstracts translation • agne@ceehrn.org (Agne) • vitaly@harmreduction.ru (Vitaly Djuma for RHRN members)

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