Malaysian Study Tour: HIV Prevention Services in Sydney
NDARC Staff
Kate Dolan and Sarah Larney
Aims
- to understand the justifications, principles and overall need for needle and syringe programs (NSP) to prevent HIV/AIDS among injecting drug users
to understand the benefits of conducting NSP as part of a comprehensive HR program - and the results of inaction
- to see NSP implemented through various models in Australia and understand factors that make programs successful and factors that can contribute to their failures
- to understand the legal issues related to NSP and the relations to the legality of drug use especially in relation to police policies and National narcotic laws
- to provide basic understanding to the participants about evaluation and research and its use in scaling up of NSP
Design and Method
A Study Tour will be developed, organized and implemented for a group of Malaysian visitors for five days. Participants will hear a number of presentations on a range of topics and make several site visits to give them a better understanding of Australia’s response to illicit drugs, particularly injecting drug use and the prevention of HIV transmission.
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Funding
USAID