Harm Reduction Advocacy: Comparing MENA and Asia

Comparing Harm Reduction Advocacy Approaches in the Middle East, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia, by Dave Burrows.

For more than three decades, harm reduction initiatives for people who inject drugs (PWID) have focused on preventing the spread of HIV. The objectives of harm reduction activities have gradually expanded to include reducing the number of PWID through education programs, stopping the spread of hepatitis C and other infections, and preventing overdoses. However, the single greatest rationale for introducing or scaling up harm reduction remains HIV prevention and (to a lesser extent) treatment, care, and support for PWID living with HIV.

... first essay in the series on Harm Reduction Responses to Drug Use: Cross-Regional Perspectives ...

-- From the Middle East-Asia Project (MAP) --