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BACKGROUND
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WHAT WE
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Objectives
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To
establish a sustainable Harm Reduction Network,
based in Asia; |
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To
develop a more comprehensive understanding of patterns
of injecting drug use and associated harms (especially
HIV infection) in Asian countries; |
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To
provide a forum which will encourage communication
and information exchange between individuals, organisations
and countries participating in the network; |
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To
provide training and support for individuals and
organisations in Asia, sharing core skills and a
coherent philosophy which can underpin their work;
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To
facilitate policy and programme development at NGO,
government, regional and international levels; |
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To
promote national harm reduction networks. |
To learn more about AHRN and its projects and activities,
read the new AHRN
Brochure or download the regularly updated AHRN
Capacity Statement!
Curently,
AHRN is taking registrations for the upcoming Technical
Capacity Building Short Course on Harm Reduction: Health
and Social Care for People Using Drugs. The workshop
will be held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from 6 to 10 March
2006. For more information and to register, please download
the Course
Information Pacakge.
Some
resources developed and published by AHRN :
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WAD press release
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First From Margins to Mainstream' Workshop press release
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Thai translation of WHO Document 'Myth and Fact'
More
resources available at www.ahrn.net
Contact
Pascal Tanguay
Information Officer, Asian Harm Reduction Network
(AHRN)
P.O. Box 18, Chiangmai University Post Office
Muang, Chiangmai 50202, Thailand
Tel: + 66 53 893175, 893144
Ext. 112
Fax: + 66 53 893176
Website: www.ahrn.net
Email: pascal@ahrn.net
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NEW - (Colombo, 19 January 2007) The AIDS Society of Asia and the Pacific (ASAP) and UNAIDS have met today in Colombo, Sri Lanka as members of the International Advisory Committee (IAC) to the 8 th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) which is scheduled to be held in Colombo between 19-23 August 2007. 
