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NETWORK
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Asia
Harm Reduction Network (AHRN)
Information Sharing
Online with free registration, newsletter and an online
library www.ahrn.net
Network-based solutions
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Training
to in-country harm reduction networks (Jangkar,
NEIHRN, CARE Bangladesh) |
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Study tours for Indonesian (Jangkar) policy orientation
to the Netherlands and for Myanmar delegates (FHAM)
to Nai Zindagi, Pakistan |
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Mapping Assessment for scaling-up of ARV to drug
users in Asia (UNAIDS/WHO3x5 initiative), Drugs
and HIV/AIDS in Asia (with UNODC) |
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Setting
up country offices in Cambodia, India, Pakistan,
Iran and Nepal |
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Research
on structural determinants of drug use among young
people in selected countries in Asia (Indonesia,
Pakistan, India, Iran) Contact: Mr Gerard De Kort,
gdekort@ahrn.net |
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Human
Resource Development Centres for the prevention
of HIV among and from PUDs |
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Development
and implementation of large-scale pilot interventions
in 8 countries |
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AHRN
sent a letter to PM Thaksin decrying the third round
of the War against Drugs |
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Crisis
fund for harm reduction Contact :Ms Jantima Boonsom,
jantima@ahrn.net
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Support
to conferences such as15th IHRC (April 2004, Melbourne),
World AIDS Conference (July 2004, Bangkok), 7th
ICAAP Contact: Ms Patinya Kanthatham, patinya@ahrn.net |
Materials
Produced
AHRN’s Clearinghouse together with the UNODC
facilitated the translation of the UN material:
Breaking the Link between Drug Use and HIV Vulnerability
into Mandarin, Bahasa Indonesia, Burmese, Thai and
Vietnamese
Upcoming Activities |
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Tracking
and/or adapting key HR advocacy tools for country-specific
needs |
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Advocacy and networking trainings to in-country
harm reduction networks |
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Awareness and advocacy workshops on the scale-up
of ARV provision for drug users (WHO 3x5) |
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Developing
harm reduction advocacy strategies |
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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. 
