Dear Journalist!
We prepared this press kit to help to orientate at the Eastern European and Central Asia AIDS Conference.
Materials
Click here to download the official schedule of the conference!
How to access the conference venue?
Read an overview about the conference!
Official press release of the conference organizers
One page Lancet editorial about the future of harm reduction in Russia
Russian HIV/AIDS Consortium Sends Urgent Plea to UN General Assembly
WHO press release – More than four million HIV-positive people now receiving life-saving treatment
Programs
We strongly recommend you to visit the so called “Besedka” – a satelite event of the conference, a discussion forum organized by NGOs. Click here to download its program!
HCLU is a member of the Eurasian Harm Reduction Network (EHRN), an umbrella organization that promotes harm reduction in Central- Eastern Europe and Central-Asia. EHRN will organize several sessions at the conference, these events will highlight important issues. Have a look at the EHRN events!
The Exhibition hall will present several exciting civil society initiatives – this provides excellent opportunity for you to interview professionals and activists working on the streets of Russia and give some human faces and stories to your report.
Videos
A short film taken at the previous EECAA conference, May 2008
Stories
To get a picture on the nature ans extent of human rights violations against drug users and people living with HIV, read some personal stories:
