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Jan 29, 2015
István Gábor Takács
Portugal not only broke the taboo by decriminalising all illicit substance but also recognised the importance of on-site harm reduction in party settings. Read here how their holistic CHECK!N party service helps young people and others.

Dec 21, 2014
Péter Sárosi
At the national harm reduction conference in Budapest,  presenters from Greece, Romania and Hungary reported that there are similar problems and challenges in relation to injecting drug use in Southern-Central Europe, but there are huge differences between government responses. Lack of political leadership is leading to growing HIV and hepatitis C infections among drug users all over the region.

Sep 30, 2014
István Gábor Takács
Recreational drug use is  common in party settings among Serbian youth– a recent large scale study concluded  – bringing further evidence for the need to make party harm reduction services widely available across the country.

Aug 8, 2014
István Gábor Takács
After the AIDS conference in Melbourne, the New Zealand Drug Foundation invited us to hold a two-day video advocacy workshop in Auckland, New Zealand, and to deliver a presentation in Wellington.

Jul 26, 2014
István Gábor Takács
Activists disrupt the speech of Mr. Gregg Alton, the top manager of Gilead pharmaceutical company, to protest against unreasonably high prices of hepatitis C medicines. Recorded at AIDS 2014 Melbourne.

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