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HR 23: Strength In Solidarity – Part 2

Hepatitis SAJuly 14, 2023September 18, 20232023 Winteralcohol and other drugs harm reduction HR23 injecting drug use1 Comment

By Margaret Randle
& Notes from Meagan Stanfield

This was the first Harm Reduction Conference since 2019 and everyone was excited to hear what Australia had been doing as an early adopter of health-based approaches to drug use. I wanted to hear about what was going on in the Southeast Asian region, as they are our closest neighbours and notoriously hard-line on drug users, with alarming rates of incarceration of women and the use of death penalties for drug offences. Sadly, most of the would-be attendees from Southeast Asia were not given visas.

HR 23: Strength In Solidarity – Part 1

Hepatitis SAJuly 7, 2023September 8, 20232023 Winterharm reduction harm reduction in prisons injecting drug useLeave a comment

By Carol Holly

The Harm Reduction conference is held in a different country every two years and provides a forum for sharing the latest research, programs and policy in drug use, harm reduction* and human rights. The conference is convened by Harm Reduction International (HRI) – an organisation that promotes harm reduction and rights-based, evidence-based responses to drug use.

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The Weakest Link

Cecilia LimMarch 14, 2023March 14, 2023Uncategorisedalcohol and other drugs blood borne virus harm reduction harm reduction in prisons hepatitis injecting drug prison healthLeave a comment

Australian policy makers must act to reduce the spread of blood-borne viruses (BBVs) in prisons or we won’t be able to achieve critical public health goals like eliminating hepatitis C. This was the call in a consensus statement released by the Harm Reduction in Prisons Working Group.

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HR 23: Strength In Solidarity – Part 2

HR 23: Strength In Solidarity – Part 1

The Weakest Link

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