Welcome to MENAHRA
MENAHRA aims to develop harm reduction in the Middle East and North Africa. MENAHRA comprises three sub-regional knowledge hubs responsible for capacity building,training,advocacy and documentation, and a Network linking people working in this field.
 

Soins Infirmiers et Developpement Communautaire (SIDC) in Beirut hosts the sub-regional hub for Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Yemen and the Gulf States. The Iranian National Center on Addictions (INCAS) hosts the sub-regional hub for Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq. ArRazi Hospital in Rabat hosts the sub-regional knowledge hub for Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and possibly Libya.
 
The project is supported by the World Health Organization and International Harm Reduction Association with financial support from the Drosos Foundation.
 
" OST & NSP " Workshop
Thursday, 21 May 2009

The SIDC Sub-Regional Knowledge Hub in Lebanon is pleased to announce its upcoming workshop on “OST & NSP” from 15-19 June, 2009.
Please note that the languages used in the workshop will both English and Arabic.

For more information and in order to fill in an application to participate in the workshop, please click here.

 
IHRA's 20TH CONFERENCE ON HARM REDUCTION- BANGKOK, APRIL 20-23, 2009
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
It's the 20th time that IHRA (www.ihra.net) organizes an International Conference on Harm Reduction, the location is the Imperial Queen's Park Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand , and the Conference began officially on Monday 20th of April, and took an end on Thursday April 23, 2009.
about 1000 delegates came from 80 countries from all over the world.
The conference permitted people from several NGOs, GOs, and other networks and associations to meet and to Network and to promote the Harm Reduction Topics which will let the world visualize it and put it on the map.
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KH-SIDC – Fifth Regional Training Workshop: “Harm Reduction Policy”
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
The SIDC Sub-Regional Knowledge Hub (KH-SIDC) in Lebanon, with the support of the WHO and IHRA, and funded by Drosos Foundation, organized its fifth regional training workshop, this time addressing the topic of “Harm Reduction Policy”. The workshop was held at Le Crillon Hotel in Broummana, Lebanon, from Monday the 16th to Thursday the 19th of March, 2009. Participants attending the workshop included 26 health professionals, medical doctors, police, NGO managers and ex-drug users from Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Sultanate of Oman, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Iraq.
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Interview with Prof. Gerry Stimson
Tuesday, 12 May 2009

The International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA) held its 20th annual International Conference on Harm Reduction in Bangkok, Thailand from April 20-23, 2009. The conference brought together harm reduction activists from all over the world to share experiences and discussions on the latest innovations in the field. We met up with Professor Gerry Stimson, Executive Director of IHRA, following the closing of a successful conference and discussed the event as a whole, including the representation from the MENA region.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 12 May 2009 )
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IHRA's 20th IC on HR - Day 4 and Closure Session
Friday, 24 April 2009
This is the last day of the Conference, after having a number of interesting sessions that varied from scientific ones, to advocacy, Gender roles, International Drug policies, Nurses role in Harm Reduction, in addition to the Pharmaceutical session that tackled the advantages and the inconvenience of the methamphetamine, IHRA closed the conference were all participants and people who prepared and participated actively to it were acknowledged and thanked.
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IHRA’s 20th Conference on Harm Reduction – Bangkok- Day 3
Thursday, 23 April 2009
The third day of IHRA’s conference on harm reduction was full of sessions and workshops that were successful, MENAHRA team attended actively in a number of sessions that topics will be serving during the implementation of HR in the MENA region.
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IHRA's 20th ICHR day 2
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
IHRA's 20th International Conference on Harm Reduction
Day 2


Plenty of concurrent sessions were held in the second day of the Conference on interesting topics that were presented by people from Asia, Europe, UN agencies and International Networks and Associations on Harm Reduction. The topics of the session were on:
Poverty, marginalization and Drug Use, Alcohol policy and Social Marketing, Pharmaceutical Opioid Use, Prisons and Closed settings, Sex work and Substance Use, in addition to workshops tackling harm Reduction issues.
Also plenty of short movies were showing experiences from Asia, USA, UK, Iran, Canada and other countries involved in implementing Harm Reduction.
An important number of Posters presentations were conducted on studies on the topic of the conference that they were posted all over the two floors of the Conference location.
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IHRA's 20th International Conference on Harm Reduction
Tuesday, 21 April 2009

IHRA's 20th International Conference on Harm Reduction
Day 1:

IHRA's 20th International conference on Harm Reduction kicked off at 9h00 AM yesterday morning at the Imperial Queen's Park Hotel- Bangkok.
Conference was opened with a show by traditional Thai drummers, followed by a speech by Mr. Gerry Stimson the Executive Director of IHRA, who welcomed the participants.

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IHRA's 20TH CONFERENCE ON HARM REDUCTION- BANGKOK, APRIL 20-23, 2009
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
It's the 20th time that IHRA (www.ihra.net) organizes an International Conference on Harm Reduction, the location is the " Imperial Queen's Park Hotel, 199 Sukhumvit Soi 22, Bangkok 10110, Thailand", and the Conference began officially on Monday 20th of April, and will take an end on Thursday April 23, 2009.
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IEC Materials: Drug User Rights
Friday, 03 April 2009

KH-SIDC (Lebanon) has recently developed IEC materials on the Rights of Drug Users with the participation of ex-drug users and based upon a focus group that was held with them. The materials include one brochure and three supplementary posters advocating three rights that were specified by the participants of the focus group.

As a result of the focus group discussion, the material of the brochure and posters and the target group were identified. The participants chose the target groups to be the general population in order to raise awareness concerning drug user rights. This population was chosen because the participants felt that everyone, not only organizations, should be aware of and acknowledge drug users as people who have rights.
Three rights were chosen to be included in the brochure and posters:
• The Right of Not Being Discriminated Against
• The Right of Access to Clean Needles
• The Right for OST

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 12 May 2009 )
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HIV & Drug Use Fellowship
Wednesday, 01 April 2009
With the support of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the International AIDS Society (IAS) has established a research fellowship programme focusing on HIV and drug use, with the goal of contributing to advances in the scientific understanding of drug use and HIV, while fostering multinational research on HIV and drug use.
To read more, please follow this URL link:
http://www.iasociety.org/Default.aspx?pageId=288
 
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Calls for proposals

The Middle East and North Africa Harm Reduction Association aims to create a conducive
environment for harm reduction projects in countries and the territories of the Middle East
and North Africa region (MENA)
Harm reduction projects
We are now seeking outline proposals for harm reduction projects. Projects should aim to
demonstrate the feasibility, implementation and/or effectiveness of harm reduction
interventions. We are hoping to fund projects which serve as models for harm reduction
development in the region - and thus encourage others to start harm reduction projects
and help build harm reduction capacity.
For details of the call for proposals and how to apply please see www.menahra.org
or contact This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it (for the attention of Joumana Hermez).
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Newsletter

Please find below the Seventh 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 scientific articles relevant to harm reduction, as well as testimony,
reports and events from the MENA region and around the world:

" Drug Users have Rights like any other person", testimonial article written by an outreach worker ex-drug user.
"مستخدمي المخدرات لهم حقوقهم كأي إنسان"
RANAA's second newsletter
BEYOND 2008 DECLARATION:
٢٠٠٨ ما بعد عام " إعلان "
TOT on Outreach in Morocco.
National consultation meeting in Pakistan
KH Arrazi activities
KH-SIDC – Fourth Regional Training Workshop
مركز الموارد والتدريب - جمعية العناية الصحية ينظم ورشة العمل الإقليمية الرابعة "تصميم وصياغة وتسويق المشاريع في مجال الحدّ من مخاطر استخدام المخدرات"
Effectiveness of methadone maintenance program in reducing illicit drug use and HIV related high-risk behavior:
A multi-center study
Methadone medical facts from Drugs.com
News from IHRA
drug users and HIV

To read the entire newsletter, click Herethis URL link:
http://www.menahra.org/newsletter/february/
 

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