Drug Policy and HIV Prevention in Russia

Session I: Law and Policy

Discussant:

• Scott Burris, James E. Beasley Professor of Law, Temple University

Presentations:

• Anya Sarang, Informational Manger, "For A Healthy Society"
  "Description and Clarification of Drug Control Policy in Russia"
• Zita Lazzarini, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut
  "Current and Future Implications of Law on HIV Prevention"
• Joanne Csete, Director, HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Program, Human Rights Watch
  "AIDS in Russia: Contradictions and Challenges in the Law"
• Vitaly Djuma, Chairman, Russian Harm Reduction Network
  "The Current State of Harm Reduction in Russia"

Session II: Current Research and Future Needs

Discussant:

• Jean-Paul Grund, Center for Addiction Research (CVO)

Presentations:

• Robert Broadhead, Professor of Sociology, University of Connecticut
  "Peer-Driven Intervention (PDI) Models for IDUs in Russia"
• Abu Abdul-Quader, Behavioral and Clinical Surveillance Branch, CDC
  "HIV Prevention among Injecting Drug Users and their Sex Partners: Orel Oblast, Russia"
• Anya Sarang, Informational Manger, "For A Healthy Society"
  "Partnership with Imperial College in Togliatti, Barnaul, Moscow and Volgograd"
• Robert Power, Reader in Health & Social Sciences Research, Royal Free & University College Medical School, University College London
  "Can we achieve integrated HIV and drug treatment provision for injecting drug users in Russia?"

Session III: Future Research Needs

Discussant:

• Anya Sarang, Informational Manger, "For A Healthy Society"

Presentations:

• Robert Heimer, Associate Professor, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University
  "Strategies for Sampling Drug Injectors in the Russian Federation"
• Olga Borodkina, Associate Professor, Sociology, St. Petersburg State University
  "Creating Geographic Representation: Results from 10 Russian Cities"
• Ani Shakarishvili, International Activities Division of STD Prevention, CDC
  "The Interface Between Sex and Drugs in Russia: Research needs and implications for the prevention of a generalized epidemic"
• Jean-Paul Grund, Center for Addiction Research (CVO)
  "Development of drug policy in Russia: What can we learn from field research among drug injectors"

Session IV: Integrating the International Sector

Discussant:

• Michael Merson, Anna M.R. Lauder Professor and Dean of Public Health Chairman, Epidemiology and Public Health; Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA)

Presentations:

• Anton Somlai, Associate Director and Associate Professor, Center for AIDS Intervention Research (CAIR), Medical College of Wisconsin
  "Converting Research into Sustainable Programs"
• Anna Moshkova, Program Officer, Internal Harm Reduction Development Program
  " International Harm Reduction Development"
• Urban Weber, Director, Russian Program, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, Malaria
  "Global Fund in Russia"
• Kaveh Khoshnood, Assistant Professor, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University
  "Ethical Standards in Research with Drug Users"