International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA) conference, April 2011, Lebanon, Call for abstracts

[Guest guest]

Dear Forum members

The annual International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA) conference will be

held n early April 2011, in Beirut, Lebanon.

The IHRA mission is to promote harm reduction on a global basis through an

integrated programme of research, advocacy, information sharing, networking and

collaboration. The aim is to improve public health, protect the human rights of

people who use drugs and reduce the individual and community harms from

psychoactive drug use. IHRA works with local, national, regional and

international civil society organisations, as well and with UN and other

multilateral agencies, on a wide range of activities, projects and programmes.

Further information can be found from: http://www.ihra.net/conference

A call for abstracts has been announced and will close November 5, 2010.

Please forward onto your networks that are involved or interested in the area of

harm reduction.

kind regards

Dr Po-Lin Chan

WHO India

e-mail: <polchan@...>