E-NEWS AIDS ACTION EUROPE #HAREACT - November 2018
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JOINT ACTION ON HIV AND CO-INFECTION PREVENTION AND HARM REDUCTION #HAREACT
Dear Friends and Colleagues,

In this newsletter you will find the latest updates on Joint Action HA-REACT, a three-year project that addresses existing gaps in the prevention of HIV and other co-infections, especially TB and viral hepatitis, among people who inject drugs (PWID):
  • Free trainings tools on harm reduction are now avialable online.
  • HA-REACT closing meeting at the 4th European Harm Reduction Conference. 
  • Interview with András Szabó who works in a low-threshold centre in Hungary
  • Latest clearinghouse updates include a practical guide as well as leaflet on opioid substitution treatment in prison settings.  
HA-REACT was launched in late 2015 with core funding by the Health Programme 2014-2020 from European Union (EU). Twenty-two partners representing 18 EU Member States are currently implementing the project. The HA-REACT project has been carried out in three focus countries: Latvia, Lithuania and Hungary. However, materials developed as part of the Joint Action will be of benefit to the entire European Union. More information is available at  www.hareact.eu

Free trainings tools on harm reduction avialable online

HA-REACT has launched new online tools to train staff in low-threshold settings. They include courses on HIV and HCV testing and linking to needed care, on opioid substitution treatment and condom distribution programmes in prison settings, on needle and syringe programmes and harm reduction in prisons.

Training courses are:
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4th European Harm Reduction Conference

​The main event in the field of harm reduction will take place on November 21-23, 2018, in Bucharest, Romania. The conference will present the latest harm reduction research results, innovative and good practices and discuss drug policy including the need to scale up harm reduction services. Furthermore, the conference provides a platform to create a link between national and European developments in drug policies and harm reduction.

A Time to Act! - 4th European Harm Reduction Conference Programme
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"We need trained pharmacists, governmental and social workers to improve integrated care in HU"

András Szabó works at one of the low-threshold centres of  NGO INDIT. The NGO INDIT Foundation is one of the few organisations, which provides harm reduction services for people who use drugs in Hungary.

In this interview we asked András to tell us about the impact of social and political environment in his harm reduction work and his professional outcomes of the HA-REACT Joint Action in Hungary. 
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LATEST CLEARINGHOUSE UPDATES ON HA-REACT
Opioid Substitution Treatment in Custodial Settings. A Practical Guide 
Avialable in Polish.

The guide on opiod substitution treatment in custodial settings was translated into Polish and adopted to the Polish conditions during the workshop in November 2017.

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A leaflet on Opioid substitution therapy (OST) for inmates
Avialable in Polish.

This leaflet for inmates on OST was prepared by the Polish specialist on drugs and NAC as part of the Join Action on on HIV and Co-infection Prevention and Harm Reduction.
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