Eurasian Harm Reduction Network promotes campaign to encourage domestic funding of harm reduction

Representatives from Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Ukraine and Tajikistan grouped under the Global Fund-supported Eurasian Harm Reduction Network met on 19-20 May to launch a regional project seeking to encourage more domestic spending on harm reduction programs.

The 'Harm Reduction Works -- Fund It!' regional initiative will run for three years to engineer a smooth transition towards public sector financing of outreach and prevention activities among people who inject drugs.

Traditionally these activities have been almost fully funded by the Global Fund and some other international donors in the Eastern Europe/Central Asia region, while government budgets have been focused primarily on treatment and care activities, including the purchase of test systems and anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs).

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