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The table below lists the countries and territories around the world that support harm reduction in policy or practice.1
Explicit supportive reference to harm reduction in national policy documents: Countries and territories which have an explicit reference to harm reduction in
national health or drug-related policy. Of particular interest here is the US, which includes harm reduction in its national HIV2 and hepatitis C3 strategy documents,
but not in those relating to drug policy.
Needle and syringe exchange programmes operational: Countries and territories which have one or more operational NSP sites. Click here to find out more

Two meetings with the Organizations on harm reduction from the MENA region were organized by MENAHRA during the conference, which objectives were:

• Introducing MENAHRA and the Organizations coming from MENA region.
• Achievements and expectations from the MENAHRA.
• Feedback on the Conference related to activities on HR in the MENA.

20 Participants attended from Lebanon, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt, in addition to international organizations as the WHO/EMRO, Drosos foundation, MDM.Click here to find out more

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. Click here to find out more

Mr. Raj Boyjoonauth
Deputy Director
Addictions and offender care
CNWNHS Foundation Trust
LONDON  

Role of Nurses in Harm Reduction and the importance of the existence of the International Network on Harm reduction for Nurses.

The profession of nursing is to help people who are not well and to promote life style, educating, manage their illness, manage their recovery.
In doing that, nurses teach how to live a healthy living.
Harm reduction or minimization of harm is nothing new to nursing; Nurses have been doing this around the world.
For example the existence of nurses in developing countries in promoting healthy living and for example in fighting communicable diseases among Public Health, like for Cholera, Tuberculosis, Dysentery, Children malnutrition, Drugs and Alcohol problems are on the public health Agenda, It is more so when we have to address blood born viruses, community safety, hidden harm as children neglect, domestic violence and many others.Click here to find out more

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.
MENAHRA (www.menahra.org) participated actively in this event for its second time actively

What is Needle-Exchange program?

A hypodermic needle-exchange program is a sometimes controversial social policy, based on the philosophy of harm reduction where injection drug users can obtain hypodermic needles and associated injection equipment at little or no cost. These programs are called "exchanges" because many require exchanging used needles for an equal number of new needles. In practice, some programs vary in their stringency; in the Canadian capital Ottawa, for example, participating clinics do not demand used needles before giving out new ones.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Needle-exchange_programme. Click here to read more