Videos from the AIDS 2018 Conference
The Drugreporter team filmed several sessions at the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam last week – please watch a selection of videos!
Drugreporter at the AIDS2018 Conference
Our team will attend the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam from 23rd of July to 27th of July. Together with DUnews, we will organise film sessions, live stream interviews with activists and present about video advocacy – please visit us at the Drugreporter booth in the Eastern Europe Central Asia Networking Zone!
Changing the Public Discourse on Harm Reduction in Romania – Interview with Nicoleta Dascalu
Bucharest will host the 4th European Harm Reduction Conference in November 2018. We interviewed Nicoleta Dascalu, a project manager working for the Romanian Anti-AIDS Association (ARAS) about the harm reduction situation in her country.
The Politically Motivated Closure of Harm Reduction Programs in Hungary Violates Human Rights
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called civil society organisations to contribute to its report on the implementation of the UNGASS Outcome Document, adopted in New York in 2016. We have sent a submission about how closing down harm reduction services violated human rights in Hungary – read it below!
Easy Access: Harm Reduction In Balti, Republic Of Moldova
Drugreporter’s partner, the DUNews filming crew visited Balti, a city of the Republic of Moldova to learn by experience about the harm reduction services. Watch their video!
Lack Of Funding And Hidden Epidemic In Sofia, Bulgaria
DU News, member of the Drugreporter video network visited last summer the harm reduction services of Sofia, Bulgaria and filmed its findings. Watch the video and learn more about what kind of problems can be caused by the lack of funding!
Campaign for Decriminalisation in Lithuania: Interview with Laura Bliujiene
The Drugreporter video team helped Coalition I Can Live, a Lithuanian drug policy reform NGO to launch a media campaign for the decriminalisation of drug use. Watch the movie we produced about drug policies in Lithuania – and read this interview with Laura Bliujiene, a lawyer working for the NGO!
I Know What I Did Last Year: “My Summer of PEP”
Read the story of Bojan Arsenijević’s (NGO Re Generation, Serbia) influencing experience about taking PEP, or post-exposure prophylaxis, which represents a combination of antiretroviral drugs that minimises the possibility of infection after accidental exposure to a potentially infectious material.
A City Without Stigmatization – Amsterdam
From the perspective of activists from Eastern-Europe, Amsterdam is the symbol of humane drug policies. Our Russian speaking reporters visited the city to explore its harm reduction scene – and meet with Eastern-Europeans who live there. Watch their video and find out more!
The Harm Reducer’s Guide to Odessa
“Imagine that you ingested the poison and needed to find the antidote in an unfamiliar city, among strangers, in just three days. And you can count only on yourself!” Watch the video of Drug Users News.
