IHRA Conference 2011 Beirut, Lebanon
Ray Stephens
Opening Plenaries • Jude Byrne (Australia, chair INPUD) – International Rolleston Award winner • Other: Rich Needle of USAID
– “We need to challenge a system that is outdated, outmoded and deadly”
• Elie Aaraj (MENAHRA) – National Rolleston Award winner – In last 3 years OST introduced into Morocco, Lebanon, Afghanistan. – NSP’s being scaled up in Lebanon
Women • Eastern Europe • HIV and drug use
Drug users speak • El Chab – Brave description of drug users in Lebanon
• James Rowe (RMIT) – The sociology of drug use – Visible drug users are the minority – Public opinion is informed by the media
Drug users speak • Dayle Stubbs (Australia) – Pleasure is a problem for harm reduction – If your starting point is harm it is going to be difficult to talk about pleasure
International Campaigns • Vienna Declaration – had 16,000 endorsements in 1st 2 months. Now translating endorsements into action
• Ralston – Twitter #OD10 campaign
Redressing neglect • 3 areas: • TB • Women • Youth
Redressing Neglect • Broad range of women specific services needed • Young people use drugs • TB – Risk of TB 20x higher for those with HIV – Treatment costs < $20 – Prisoners 23x more risk of TB – Prisoners contributed 1 in 11 cases of TB
Redressing Neglect • ‘Hard to Reach Communities’ – May need to use ‘peer translators’ to promote access in a useful way
Stimulants and harm reduction
Stimulants and harm reduction • Under-represented at IHRA Conferences • Great need emerging in many developing countries • Looking to Australia for HR and Tx guidance • #tweetsfortweekers
Film Festival