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Programme
Thursday, 24 March 2011
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09.00 - 10.00 |
Registration and coffee |
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| 10.00 - 10.30 | Opening | |
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Rinalds Muciņš, State Secretary of the Ministry of Health H.E. Jurriaan Kraak, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
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| 10.30 - 12.00 |
Results of UNODC project "HIV prevention and care among injecting drug users and in prison settings in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania" |
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Signe Rotberga, UNODC Regional Project Coordinator Bertrand Redonnet, Evaluation Consultant Discussion |
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12.00 - 13.30 |
Lunch |
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13.30 - 15.15 |
Harm reduction services for injecting drug users Chairs: Inga Upmace, Latvian Infectology Centre and Dr. Loreta Stonienė, UNODC |
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Harm reduction in Klaipėda - why do we support it? - Rožė Perminienė, Klaipėda Municipality, Lithuania Piloting peer-driven interventions in Latvia and Lithuania - Evija Dompalma, UNODC National Project Officer Latvia Naloxone distribution to prevent heroine overdose death - Prof. John Strang, National Addiction Centre, UK Discussion |
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15.15 - 16.00 |
Coffee break
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| 16.00 - 17.45 |
Pharmacotherapy of opioid dependence Chairs: Dr. Astrīda Stirna, Association of Addiction Treatment Physicians, Latvia and Aleksandras Slatvickis, Klaipeda Mental Health Centre, Lithuania |
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Quality assurance of methadone maintenance therapy - Assoc. Prof. Emilis Subata, Vilnius Centre for Addictive Disorders, Lithuania Multidisciplinary team for provision of methadone maintenance therapy in Liepaja - Dr. Jelena Sorokina, Liepājas methadone programme, Latvia Integration of services for injecting drug users in Estonia - Aljona Kurbatova, National Institute for Health Development, Estonia Integration of pharmacotherapy of opioid dependence into primary health care - Prof. Heino Stöver, Frankfurt University, Germany |
Friday, 25 March 2011
| 09.00 - 11.00 |
HIV prevention in the criminal justice system Chairs: Olga Zeile, Ministry of Justice, Latvia and Pille Teder, Ministry of Justice, Estonia |
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Continuity of methadone maintenance therapy in criminal justice system in Estonia - Leo Ehiloo, North Prefecture of Police and Border Guard Board , Vello Tanissaar, East Prefecture of Police and Border Guard Board, Kristel Kivimets, Harku prison, Estonia Introduction of harm reduction education in the prisons of Latvia - Baiba Purvlīce, NGO "Papardes Zieds", Latvia Medical ethics in prisons: rules, standards and challenges - Prof. Jörg Pont, Medical University of Vienna, Austria |
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| 11.00 - 11.30 | Coffee break
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| 11.30 - 13.00 |
HIV prevention in the criminal justice system Chairs: Jānis Bekmanis, Ministry of Interior, Latvia and Ainvar Rahe, Police and Border Guard Board, Estonia |
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Referral to drug dependence treatment by Vilnius police - Antoni Mikulskis, Vilnius County Police Headquarters, Lithuania Harm reduction services for injecting drug users: perspective of police - Thomas Zosel, Frankfurt Police Department, Germany Trends in global drug policy: emphasis on evidence base and harm reduction - Franz Trautmann, Trimbos Institute, the Netherlands Discussion |
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13.00 - 14.30 |
Lunch |
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14.30 - 16.00 |
HIV prevention among injecting drug users: the way forward | |
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Panel discussion
Participants: Merilin Mäesalu, Ministry of Social Affairs, Estonia Igor Sobolev, Estonian Network of PLWH Inga Upmace, Latvian Infectology center Ruta Kaupe, NGO DIA+LOGS, Latvia Audrius Ščeponavičius, Ministry of Health, Lithuania Neringa Maleckienė, NGO Coalition "I can Live", Lithuania |
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| 16.00 - 16.30 | Closing remarks
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| Picture gallery |
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