ihra conference 2011 beirut
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Presentation made to Moreland Hall on the 22nd IHRA Conference held in Beirut, Lebanon.TRANSCRIPT
IHRA Conference 2011Beirut, 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• Other: Rich Needle of USAID – “We need to challenge a system that is outdated,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