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Sustainability and Long-Term Funding in the HA-REACT Joint Action

On 14-15 March 2016, the WP8 lead partner CHIP (REGIONH), Denmark, and the coordinator of HA-REACT, THL , met their work package partners from Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovenia in Riga, Latvia. Guided by a logical framework approach (LFA), the meeting set the WP8 workplan for the coming years.

The two main deliverables discussed were:

an action-oriented report in non-technical language for stakeholders such as policy-makers and NGOs on PWID barriers to accessing HIV, HCV and TB services and on strategies for overcoming these barriers ; and...
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Непрерывность снижения вреда для ЛУИН остается задачей

В течение второго года проекта в фокусных странах (Латвия, Литва, Венгрия, Чехия и Польша) прошли несколько тренингов, учебные материалы либо были опубликованы, либо находятся в стадии подготовки. В Латвии был сделан замечательный шаг для начала работы мобильного устройства для тестирования и обмена игл. Чешская Республика запустила пилот для распространения презервативов в тюрьме в Праге. Опубликован ряд передовых методов снижения вреда, связанного с наркотиками, в местах лишения свободы в Польше и Чешской Республике. В настоящее время разрабатываются руководства для быстрого тестирования...
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Continuity of Harm Reduction for PWID remains Challenge

During the second year several trainings have taken place in focus countries (Latvia, Lithuania Hungary, Czech Republic and Poland) and training materials have either been published or are in preparation. A remarkable step was taken in Latvia as the mobile unit for testing and needle exchange started to operate. Czech Republic launched a pilot for distributing condoms in a prison in Prague. A set of best practices to reduce drug-related harm in prison settings in Poland and Czech Republic has been published. Manuals for rapid testing of HIV and hepatitis C for Latvia and Hungary are being...
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Новый Клип по Обучению Снижению Вреда

This clip explains what harm reduction is consisting of and how it benefits to people who use drugs, as well as their families and communities.

Harm reduction acknowledges that people should not need to stop using drugs to receive help. Research shows that harm reduction decreases the negative effects of drug use without increasing drug injection. That’s why organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) recommend harm reduction inventions for people who use...
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"What is Harm Reduction?" - new HA-REACT video is live!

This video explains what harm reduction is and how it benefits people who use drugs, as well as their families and communities.

Harm reduction acknowledges that people should not need to stop using drugs to receive help. Research shows that harm reduction decreases the negative effects of drug use without increasing drug injection. That’s why organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) recommend harm reduction inventions for people who use drugs....
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Согласовано участие заинтересованных сторон в совместных действиях HA-REACT

Координаторы совместных действий по борьбе с ВИЧ и профилактики сопутствующих инфекции и снижению вреда (HA-REACT) совершили важные шаги по выполнению рабочих пакетов (РП) проекта. Состоялись встречи с заинтересованными сторонами в Латвии, Литве, Венгрии и Чехии. Каждая команда провела семинар с логическим рамочным подходом (LFA). Этот подход представляет собой стратегию управления проектом, которая используется для поддержки проекта на стадиях разработки, реализации и мониторинга.

Первый семинар (РП4) состоялась в Будапеште, Венгрия, 15го и 16го февраля, где 12 представителей НПО...
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Newly published HA-REACT training manual on HIV and HCV rapid testing

The " Training manual on HIV and HCV rapid testing in low-threshold settings for PWUD " is designed to be a complete tool to provide staff in low-threshold settings the knowledge, skills and techniques needed for testing people who use drugs for HIV and HCV and linking them to needed care.

The content of the manual was adopted from previously developed guidelines, manuals and handbooks and is based on international best practices. The curriculum includes eight modules with descriptions of content to be taught and tips for practical exercises. The modules can be used as a complete 3...
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Harm reduction interventions need better funding mechanisms

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Harm reduction services need sustainable funding mechanisms to improve testing and linkage to care for people who use drugs

Last week, the three-year European Union (EU) Joint Action on HIV and Co-infection Prevention and Harm Reduction (HA-REACT) has come to its end. HA-REACT had 22 partners, representing 18 EU Member States, with additional expertise provided by 14 collaborating partners, including the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) who, through their work,...
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New Leaflet about Joint Action on HIV and Co-infection Prevention and Harm Reduction (HA-REACT)

This new leaflet describes the three-year project, which was launched in late 2015 with core funding from the European Union (EU), and is being implemented by 22 partners representing 18 EU Member States.

The overall aim of HA-REACT is to significantly contribute to the elimination of HIV and to reduce TB and viral hepatitis among PWID in the European Union by 2020. This objective is aligned with strategic action plans issued by the European Union, the World Health Organization, UNAIDS and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

The leaflet can be downloaded here.
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HA-REACT Events and Meetings

The Joint Action on “HIV and Co-infection Prevention and Harm Reduction” (HA-REACT) brings together 23 Associated Partners and several more Collaborating Partners to address gaps in the prevention of HIV and other co-infections (particularly tuberculosis and hepatitis) in priority areas of the EU. The HA-REACT joint action is working towards reducing, through the concerted action and promotion of best practices among the partners, the disparities of access to preventive health and social services for a particularly vulnerable population group, people who inject drugs (PWID).

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