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Page 1: A Global Perspective on Harm Reduction Maria Phelan Harm Reduction International

A Global Perspective on Harm Reduction

Maria PhelanHarm Reduction International

Page 2: A Global Perspective on Harm Reduction Maria Phelan Harm Reduction International

What is Harm Reduction?

‘Harm Reduction’ refers to policies, programmes and practices that aim primarily to reduce the

adverse health, social and economic consequences of the use of legal and illegal

psychoactive drugs without necessarily reducing drug consumption. Harm reduction benefits people who use drugs, their families

and the community.

www.ihra.net/whatisharmreduction

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Harm Reduction International

Our vision is a world in which individuals and communities benefit from drug laws, policies

and practices that promote health, dignity and human rights.

We work to reduce drug related harms by promoting evidence based public health policy

and practices and human rights based approaches to drug policy through an integrated programme of research, analysis, advocacy and

collaboration with civil society partners.

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Harm Reduction: coverage and barriers

Opioid Substitution TherapyGlobally, for every 100 PWID,

only 8 are receiving OST (range less than 1 to 61)

Needle and Syringe ExchangeGlobally, 2 needles per PWID

per month (range less than 1 to more than 200)

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Issues for broadening the response

• Lack of harm reduction in prisons and pre-detention facilities

• Poor access to viral hepatitis vaccination, diagnosis, treatment and care

• Poor access to TB diagnosis and treatment • Injection-related bacterial infections• Overdose prevention and management• Responding to amphetamine-related harms

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Resourcing the response• Huge barrier to scaling up

harm reduction• Current spend is far too low • $160 million spent on harm

reduction in 2007• Less than 7% of estimated

amount needed to address HIV among PWID

• Between 14 and 20 times more funds are necessary

• Huge increase in investment needed

Three cents a day is not

enough!

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Impact

• Global State of Harm Reduction Project

• Advocating for Harm Reduction at International Level

• Network strengthening and collaborative work

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Thank you!Publications available at www.ihra.net

Contact: [email protected]