 | | Bridging the Gaps continues! | Mainline is very excited that the Bridging the Gaps programme was awarded a second phase of funding. In August 2015, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Bridging the Gaps will be one of their key sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and HIV/AIDS partnerships for the next five years (2016-2020). Our shared goal remains the same: to improve the health and rights of three key populations: sex workers, people who use drugs and LGBT people.
Mainline is one of the Dutch partners in the programme that focuses on the health and rights of people who use drugs. We are happy and grateful to have the opportunity to continue our support for local partners and drug users in at least five countries.
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| Mainline is looking for... | a Project Officer (32 hrs per week). We also have a internship vacancy starting in January/February 2016. | |
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 | | Inspiring visit in Malaysia | In October, Mainline attended the international harm reduction conference in Kuala Lumpur. A great opportunities to link with harm reduction experts all over the world. The Mainline team also seized a unique opportunity and interviewed leading professor in neuro-psychology Carl Hart. An impression...
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|  | | The end of Aids in 2030 | Together with our partner TB/HIV Care (South Africa), Aidsfonds and KNCV, Mainline organized a workshop at the Dutch national conference on STIs, HIV and Sex, a yearly event in honour of World AIDS Day. Our workshop was titled: The end of AIDS in 2030: is the Netherlands willing to make the needed policy choices?
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 | | Biometrics in needle exchange Pakistan | Another innovation by Nai Zindagi, Pakistan. In line with the technology developments in biometrics, GSM, Wi-Fi/LAN, GIS mapping, hardware capability. With the support of mainline, Nai Zindagi has started a pilot project by incorporating biometrics based client identification...
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|  | | Visiting a drug den in Kenya | "Speaking openly with the people who hang out there, isn't something I get to do every day. With the help of our partner organisation The Omari Project and two of their outreach workers, I was able to do just this", says Monica Carrier, our Policy Officer for Kenya at Mainline.
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| Integration of services for people who use drugs | Bregje Albersen studied this topic. She zooms in on Indonesia and Kyrgyzstan and answers these questions in her thesis. The outcomes of Bregjes research were also used for a publication under the Bridging the Gaps programme about the integration of services. | |
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 | | Best wishes! | Our office will be closed between Christmas and old/new year. Monday 4th of January we start the new year happy & powerful!
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