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While visiting Australia, Youth RISE’s MJ Stowe met up with Tegan Nuckey from the Queensland Injectors Health Network (QuIHN), to find out more about their needle and syringe program (NSP), as well as undergo naloxone administration training. QuIHN’s NSPs provide sterile injecting equipment and disposal options, referral to health services and information and education aimed…

Written by Ishwor Maharjan From the 9th June to 1st July 2019 CMI, a consortium of Young Key Population (YKP)-led networks (Youth LEAD, Youth RISE and Y+ Network) successfully carried out Global Training of Trainers for the Global Fund in Cape Town, South Africa. Young leaders from 18 countries along with the representatives from The Global Fund (GF), UNAIDS and developing…

Written by MJ Stowe. As part of the Support Don’t Punish Global Day of Action, Youth RISE’s MJ Stowe joined the Step Up Project on a day of outreach to the beneficiaries of their needle and syringe programme (Fig. 1). The Step Up Project provides evidence-based mobile HIV/TB/STI prevention to people who inject drugs, using a…

The Harm Reduction Consortium is a global coalition of seven independent organizations, including Youth RISE, which exists to end the global war on drugs and to promote access to services which uphold the health and human rights of people who use drugs. In order to upskill the consortium members and partners to engage effectively with the media,…

Youth RISE once again participated in the Support. Don’t Punish. Global Day of Action on the 26th of June. The event, held annually unites groups in over 200 cities across the world to demand an end to punitive punishments for people who use drugs, a move towards health-led approaches to drug policy and an end to the…

Youth RISE have been involved in a number of events taking place all around the world for the Support. Don’t Punish. Global Day of Action on the 26th of June. The campaign, organized by IDPC, takes place annually to coincide with the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Events took place in 250 cities across 90…

Written by Eliza Kurcevič. The 26th Harm Reduction International Conference (HR19) took place in Porto, Portugal on April 28-May 1. It’s the biggest harm reduction conference in the world and this year it gathered record number of participants – more than 1200 delegates, from more than 90 countries. This year the conference theme was “People…

Youth RISE is hiring a consultant to help in the development of an advocacy video outlining the work being done by our organisation and to aid in the expansion of the network. The deadline for applications is 00:00 EEST on the 10th of June and the ToR for applicants can be found here. Applications should be sent…