The HR25 Opening and Closing Ceremonies on Video
Watch the opening and closing speeches of the 28th Harm Reduction International Conference (HR25) here!
Author: István Gábor Takács
István Gábor Takács is a human rights activist, videographer and trainer. He ran the Video Advocacy Program of the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union between 2007-2015. He worked as a needle exchange program counselor for 5 years. He is author of several articles on harm reduction and cameraman, editor, director and co-director of more than 700 online videos, among them longer documentaries, such as “Kostya Proletarsky” (2020), “Taking Back What’s Ours: An Oral History of the Movement of People who Use Drugs” (2020) ”A Day in the Life: The World of Humans Who Use Drugs” (2016), “Without Rights” (2009), “Without a Chance” (2014), “Room in the 8th District” (2014) and “The Invisible” (2011). Since 2016 he works at the Rights Reporter Foundation, where besides producing films, he is training activists in video advocacy.
SOWING CHANGE TO HARVEST JUSTICE – The HR25 Recap Video
More than a thousand harm reduction professionals gathered in Bogotá, Colombia, to attend the 28th Harm Reduction International Conference. Watch Drugreporter’s recap video here!
WHEN THE ADULT IN THE ROOM IS GONE: Trump’s Budget Cuts and Global Drug Policy
The Trump administration’s slashing of foreign aid is already having a devastating impact on harm reduction and HIV services around the world. But the harmful effects extend far beyond that. Drugreporter interviewed key experts at the annual UN drugs meeting, the CND in Vienna, to provide a clear picture of the real impacts.
Drug Policy at a Turning Point- Exploring the Evidence for Drug Law Reform | CND 2025 Sessions
This side event at the 68th CND explored the growing body of evidence highlighting the shortcomings of current drug policies to achieve their stated goals of safety, security, public health and ending stigma, while contributing to significant human rights violations. Organised by Norwegian Association for Humane Drug Policy.
Harm reduction, drug use and the right to health | CND 2025 Sessions
Each year, the UNODC reports an estimated half a million drug-related deaths – deaths thatcould be prevented with well-funded harm reduction services and an enabling political andlegislative environment that provides care and support for people who use drugs, instead ofpunishment. This side event was organised by the International Drug Policy Consortium.
Visiting the Outstanding New HIV Testing Site of FES in Warsaw, Poland
The Foundation for Social Education (FES) has opened a new voluntary counseling and testing site at a women’s health center in the heart of Warsaw. As part of the CORE EU project, we had the opportunity to visit the site and interview their CEO, Magdalena Ankiersztejn-Bartczak, about the services they provide.
AT GAT PORTUGAL: Peer Work Makes Super Services!
In the framework of the CORE EU project, we filmed at two community-based centers run by GAT Portugal in Lisbon. They are excellent examples of building effective HIV responses on peer work! Check it out!
6th European Harm Reduction Conference – Live streaming
Drugreporter brings you live streams from for EHRC 2024 in Warsaw, Poland. Follow key sessions and side events all day between 02-04 December, here! After the live streaming, you can find all the session recordings in this article, in video and podcast format as well!
The Advocacy Mentorship Programme
On September 9 and 10, 2024, Correlation – European Harm Reduction Network (C-EHRN), in collaboration with Drugreporter, hosted an Advocacy Workshop for harm reductionists in Budapest. You can now watch the recap video of the event here!
The Boost Project: Inform, Improve, Support, Connect & Act
The BOOST project aims to support and strengthen community-based and community-led organisations in providing communicable diseases services as part of comprehensive, people-centred harm reduction strategies. Drugreporter produced this short video at a dynamic Advocacy Workshop in Budapest in the framework of the BOOST Project.
