This event will focus on civil society initiatives to inform harm reduction resourcing advocacy in middle income countries within Asia and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
The meeting is targeted at needle exchange workers, people who use drugs and advocates across the country, and aims to present the latest news and developments in the field of harm reduction.
World AIDS Day is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died.
This workshop will focus on violence and insecurity in Latin America, as well as examples of how governments have sought to reduce these levels of violence.
With a greater number of casualties than the Afghanistan and Iraq campaigns combined, and very meager results, the US is starting to reconsider the "War on Drugs", waged since the 1970s.
Increasing voices are urging political leaders and citizens to rethink the approach to illicit drugs and to rebalance the international response to drug use.