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Keynote speech of Dr Hussein A. Gezairy to the 1st MENAHRA Conference |
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Monday, 01 March 2010 |
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Keynote speech of Dr Hussein A. Gezairy, Regional Director of WHO EMRO to the first Middle East and North Africa Harm Reduction Conference that was organized by MENAHRA (Beirut, Lebanon, 16-18 November, 2009) “Ladies and Gentelmen
It gives me great pleasure to attend this important Conference which addresses a number of the most crucial health issues in our region, namely drug use and its impact, and in particular, the risk of bloo-borne diseases such as HIV/AIDS and hepatitis. I think the issue is so important that we need to address it quite candidly….” Click here to read the entire PDF document |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 02 March 2010 )
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UNAIDS - Letter to Partners - 2010 |
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Sunday, 28 February 2010 |
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“…..The HIV epidemic is in transition. In many countries and regions, HIV transmission patterns are very different from what they were 10 years ago. In Asia, HIV is increasingly affecting heterosexual couples, in addition to sex workers and injecting
drug users. In Eastern Europe, HIV transmission is mainly through injecting drug use, but now more and more we are seeing the sexual partners of injecting drug users becoming infected. The AIDS response has to stay ahead of these changes or
the virus will get the better of us….” Click here To read the entire document |
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010 |
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Please find below the tenth newsletter from MENAHRA – the new Middle East and North Africa harm reduction network. The network was established in June 2007 in order to strengthen harm reduction capacity, policies and interventions across all 22 countries in the region. The network consists of a central secretariat (in Lebanon) and three sub-regional harm reduction ‘Knowledge Hubs’ (in Iran, Lebanon and Morocco).
This newsletter is pleased to feature a number of articles relevant to harm reduction, as well as testimony, reports and events from the MENA region and around the world: Download MENAHRA 11th Newsletter [here] |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 25 February 2010 )
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7th Regional Training Workshop |
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010 |
The SIDC Sub-Regional Knowledge Hub (KH-SIDC) in Lebanon, with the support of the WHO and IHRA, and funded by Drosos Foundation, org  anized its seventh regional training workshop, this time addressing the topic of “Harm Reduction and the Role of the Media”. The workshop was held at Padova Hotel in Sin-El-Fil, Lebanon, from Wednesday the 20th to Thursday the 21st of January, 2010. Participants attending the workshop included 26 journalists, reporters, media directors and producer from Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Sultanate of Oman, representing local and regional media institutions (newspapers, TV stations, radios and production companies). Mr. Elie Aaraj, SIDC Director and KH-SIDC Manager, described the strategy of Harm Reduction (HR) and gave a brief presentation of its various programs. Aaraj also stressed the importance of the role of the media in conveying messages on and advocating for HR. Sessions that were given during the workshop introduced the different programs within the HR strategy, including Opiate Substitution Therapy, Needles/Syringes Programs and Outreach. In addition, the workshop also tackled HR and its link to Human Rights, with emphasis on Drug-User Rights, and Ethics. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 16 February 2010 )
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