Polak challenged Costa in Barcelona again – Costa says UNODC is preparing its official response
HIV/AIDS
Questions from a Parallel Universe
Questions to Mr. Costa from the parallel universe of harm reduction – watch our video!
Challenging Mr. Costa’s opening remarks
Watch our videos and read our comments on the UN drug czar’s remarks on NGO criticisms
Interview with Jeff Lazarus at the Correlation European Conference
On: Increasing awareness on hepatitis C. The interview was made at the Correlation European Conference 27 – 29 September, Sofia, Bulgaria
Dagmar Hedrich – Study on Consumption Rooms
Dagmar Hedrich is a leading researcher of the European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), a Lisbon based, de-centralized agency of the European Union responsible for data collection and analysis on drug use and drug policies.
Anette Verster – Harm reduction is effective in prisons
Annette Verster works for the HIV/AIDS Department of the World Health Organization in Geneva, she coordinates all activities related to HIV prevention. She speaks about the conclusions of an investigation on prisons and harm reduction which WHO commissioned recently.
Eberhard Schatz – about Dutch consumption rooms
Eberhard Schatz is the head of an Amsterdam-based harm reduction NGO, AMOC, which operates a drop-in and consumption room for injecting drug users with foreign nationality. According to the European Monitoring Centre on Drugs and Drug Addiction, consumption rooms can successfully reduce drug related harms, especially drug overdoses and HIV infections.
Mauro Guarinieri – connect drug users to society
Mauro is a well-known Italian AIDS activist who previously worked as a chair of GNP+, an advocate group, and recently works for the International Harm Reduction Development Program of the Open Society Institute.
Bijan Nassirimanesh – not to judge people
Dr. Bijan Nassirimanesh is a medical doctor, one of the founders of Persepolis, the first NGO providing needle exchange service in Iran.