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Daily Update
– DAY THREE – Wednesday 28 April 2010
About the
daily update
UKHRA to be relaunched today
The UK Harm Reduction Alliance will be
relaunched in the dialogue space (in the exhibition
area) at 15.00 today. Come along to discuss how
to put harm reduction at the forefront of drug
policy development, and to sign up to become a
member of UKHRA.
Nursing AGM
The International Nursing Harm Reduction Network
will be holding its annual meeting today at 12.30.
Ask at reception for room details, or contact
Stephane Ibanez-de-Benito on 07941 51 56 08.
Calling all doctors
There will be a meeting of IDHDP on Wednesday
28 April at Suite 8, Jury’s Inn, 31 Keel Wharf,
Liverpool (just opposite the conference centre).
The meeting is at 12.45 and lunch will be served.
IDHDP in the International Doctors for Healthy
Drug Policies, an international e-network whose
aim is to reduce drug-related harm by supporting
doctors worldwide to improve their practice and
influence peers and policymakers. Come and be a
part of the worldwide voice for healthy drug
policies. www.idhdp.com
Scholarship delegates
Those of you who have not yet collected the per
diem moneys, please contact Andreas at the
registration desk.
New human rights article available
The International Centre on Human Rights and Drug
Policy is pleased to announce the release of the first
article from the
2010 International yearbook on
human rights and drug policy. Targeted killing of
drug lords: traffickers as members of armed
opposition groups
, by Patrick Gallahue is available
at www.humanrightsanddrugs.org
Producer nations session
Co-founder of the centre, Damon Barrett, is
hosting the first session on harm reduction for
producer nations, looking at the perspective of
farmers from Colombia, Burma, Afghanistan and
Bolivia at 9.00am Thursday in Room 1A.
Message for Tweeters!
If you are Tweeting from the IHRA conference,
please remember to include the ‘hashtag’ #ihra
and your message will be added to the Facebook
page of www.injectingadvice.com
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Daily updates will be available
on Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday
mornings at the conference,
and will include late changes to
the programme.
Reporting team: Claire Brown,
David Gilliver, Ian Ralph. Design:
Jez Tucker. For editorial
enquiries or feedback, please
email claire@cjwellings.com
Sessions
09.00:
Shining a light on the system: using
monitoring and advocacy to effect
change.
Atikah Nuraini will not present.
09.00:
Tuberculosis and integrated care for
people who use drugs.
Yin Min Thaung
will not present.
09.00:
Responsible hospitality: reducing harm
in the nightlife economy.
Alison
Stathers-Tracey will be replaced by
Alison Doherty.
11.00:
The war against sex workers.
Dinara Bakirova will not present.
Nicolette Burrows will not present.
Additional speaker – Melissa Ditmore
11.00:
Viral hepatitis A, B and C: an overview.
Evaldo Stanislau Araújo will not present.
14.00:
Compulsory detention of drug users: we
all know it is happening but what can
we do?
Joseph Amon will not present.
14.00:
Clinical and programmatic issues
around hepatitis C treatment.
Philip
Bruggmann will not present.
Programme changes
WEDNESDAY 28 APRIL 2010
Fab four...
Conference Consortium staff Marysia, Joanna, Magda and Bisola take a breather from
rushing around the venue. The special conference t-shirts are available from
reception, price £10, and all profits will go to IHRA and the Conference Consortium
conference scholarship fund to help those without the means to attend the event.