Harm Reduction 2008 - Only Six Weeks To Go!

There are only around six weeks remaining until the start of Harm Reduction 2008: IHRA's 19th International Conference in Barcelona, Spain. There is a packed conference programme confirmed, with over 50 sessions, over 200 speakers, numerous satellite meetings and a high-profile line-up of keynote speakers - including: Paul Hunt (the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health) Michel Sidibe (the UNAIDS Director of Country and Regional Support) Antonio Maria Costa (the UNODC Executive Director) Michel Kazatchkine (Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria) If you have not already done so, please visit www.ihraconferences.net for more information - including information about delegate fees, registration, accommodation and travel. The main conference language is English, but translation will be available for some sessions in Spanish, French and Russian - making this a truly inclusive and global event. Over the past two decades, the IHRA conferences have become a unique opportunity for more than 1,200 harm reduction advocates, government and UN officials, people who use drugs, and frontline workers to come together and share their experiences and ideas. This is the must attend harm reduction event.
Location: 
Barcelona
Spain

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