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Highlights from the International Harm Reduction Conference

13 May 2011

This series of videos from FitzroviaTV provides a comprehensive overview of the main discussions that took place at the 2011 International Harm Reduction Conference in Beirut, Lebanon. Download the videos:

  • Day 1 - Opening session: Jude Byrne's International Rolleston Award, Joanne Csete's keynote address, Beirut Declaration on HIV and Injecting Drug Use.
  • Day 2: Opening ceremony of the film festival, harm reduction demonstration zone, and 'building capacity' plenary session.
  • Day 3: Youth drug policy and naloxone sessions.
  • Day 4: Irina Teplinskaya's plenary speech, closing session, Lancet editorial on the Beirut Declaration, Keynote address by Donya Aziz (Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan), Tam Miller's Travis Jenkins Award, and Film Fesitval award (I'm Dangerous with Love).
  • Dialogue space: Decriminalisation in Portugal, with Joao Goulao, president of the Portuguese Drug Institute, and Chairman of the Management Board of EMCDDA

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