Orientation on Harm Reduction. Three-hour Training Course: by WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific

By WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific

This education package deal has been produced for audiences unexpected with damage relief for injecting drug clients. It offers an advent to big suggestions in HIV prevention for injecting drug clients. The package deal includes 5 education modules with slides that may be added individually or in a single consultation. The modules conceal the subsequent themes: creation to medicines, HIV and damage relief; Outreach to injecting drug clients; Drug-dependency therapy; Needle and syringe programmes and HIV prevention in prisons and closed settings. The supply of this education package deal may still contain possibilities for dialogue and mirrored image of the data supplied. actions to facilitate this procedure were integrated. There are types of this education handbook. player handbook - model A takes nearly 3 hours to bring whereas player handbook - model B takes round one hour.

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Geneva, World Health Organization, 2005. 26 Module 4 Needle and syringe programmes 27 Orientation on Harm Reduction - Three-hour Training Course Needle and syringe programmes Training objectives: After completing the module, participants will have an increased knowledge of needle and syringe programmes (NSPs), including: • role of NSPs in the prevention of bloodborne virus transmission, • services provided by NSPs, • service delivery models, and • maximizing the effectiveness of NSPs. This module should take approximately 45 minutes to complete.

Toronto, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, 2004. , Stover H. The transfer of harm-reduction strategies into prisons: needle exchange programmes in two German prisons. International Journal of Drug Policy, 2000, 11:325–335. P. How does syringe distribution in prison affect consumption of illegal drugs by prisoners? Drug and Alcohol Review, 1999, 18:133–138. Ibid. , Stover H. Op cit. Ref 45. Lines R. et al. Op cit. Ref 44. • Wherever possible, the same care and support services that are available to people living with HIV/AIDS in the community should be available to HIV-positive prisoners.

Needle and syringe programmes are effective in reducing needle and syringe sharing among injecting drug users and reducing the prevalence and transmission of HIV. This helps protect the whole community. 32 Further reading Bluthenthal R. et al. Sterile syringe access conditions and variations in HIV risk among drug injectors in three cities. Addiction, 2004, 99:1136 –1146. Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. Return on Investment in Needle and Syringe Programs in Australia. Canberra, Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, 2002.

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