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Harm reduction: controlling HIV in drug users

  • Date: 24 - 28 Nov 2008
  • Venue: Melbourne, Australia
  • Host: Nossal Institute for Global Health, the University of Melbourne, in collaboration with Burnet Institute
  • This five-day course that can be taken for academic credit or as a short course, is suitable for health program planners and managers, health practitioners and social workers, especially those working in HIV and drug control programs. 

    Topics to be covered will be:  approaches to illicit drug problems; harm reduction overview; stigma and discrimination; needle and syringe programs; peer education; outreach; drug substitution therapy; advocacy for effective harm reduction; rapid assessment and response; female drug use; care, support and treatment; law enforcement and harm reduction; human rights and drug use; development, sustainability and harm reduction; sexual health risks and drug use; monitoring and evaluation; and practical reinforcement of teaching through site visits.


  • Resource link: http://www.ni.unimelb.edu.au/Courses/Professional.html

Effective community based responses to HIV in Asia: an update on emerging trends, latest evidence & current challenges

  • Date: 23 - 28 Feb 2009
  • Venue: Munakata City, Japan
  • Host: Burnet Institute
  • This intensive six day course is held specifically for North East Asian participants planning to work on HIV programs in developing countries or participants from Asian developing countries already involved in HIV work.

    The course will highlight emerging evidence and policy and present a variety of effective community-based responses to the epidemic drawn from the Asian context. It will take participants through the key issues in assessing risks and vulnerabilities associated with HIV at a community level, and highlight contemporary approaches to effective responses.

    The course will include a number of participatory case studies reflecting on lessons learned from HIV programs in the region.

    It will be delivered in the English language and therefore it is expected that participants will have reasonable competence in spoken & written English.

  • Resource link: http://www.burnet.edu.au/home/cih/education/shortcourses/hivjapan
 

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