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• Other: Rich Needle of USAID – “We need to challenge a system that is outdated,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