The one-day conference 'Advancing Harm Reduction - International Lessons for Local Practice' was held in the London School of Hygiene and Typical Medicine, on the 7th of September 2006.

The conference, attended by over 130 delegates, had been organised to allow those who were unable to attend the recent conference in Vancouver the opportunity to hear about and discuss some of the key themes of the event and the new ideas in many areas of practice presented there. These included advances in the development of user advocacy, work on tackling bacterial and viral infections, engaging young people in harm reduction, developments in harm reduction and heroin use – including examining the evidence from heroin trials. There was also a report on some of the ‘fringe’ meetings from the conference.

The pdf versions of the Conference program & presentations are available below, together with a full and abridged versions of the report on the conference proceedings produced by the conference rapporteurs (Gill Bradbury and Jamie Bridge).

 Advancing Harm Reduction Rapporteur Report - Full Version 40.29 Kb

 Advancing Harm Reduction Rapporteur Report - Abridged Version 10.28 Kb

 Advancing Harm Reduction - Conference Program 167.27 Kb

 Tim Rhodes - Advancing Harm Reduction 139.13 Kb

 Gerry Stimson - Report on the 17th IHRC 322.83 Kb

 Grant - User Advocacy 27.06 Kb

 Daren - Why The World Needs An International Network of Activists Who Use Drugs 32.22 Kb

 Diana Tobin - International Network of People Who Use Drugs 1.72 Mb

 Jo Kimber - Bacterial Infections among IDU 58.81 Kb

 S Kenny & N Carrey - Young Peoples Heavy-end Cannabis Use research in Greater Manchester UK 58.57 Kb

 Paul Turnbull- Occasional and Controlled Heroin Use 32.79 Kb

 Tim McSweeney - The battle between the crime and health agendas - a phoney war 43.50 Kb