CAHR 2013 Annual Report

The International HIV/AIDS Alliance (the Alliance) project, Community Action on Harm Reduction (CAHR), funded by the Dutch government (as project number 23389), started on 1 January, 2011. The project involves work in five countries – Kenya, India, Malaysia, China and Indonesia – and engages a number of international technical partners.

The project has four objectives:

1. Access to HIV prevention, treatment and care, SRHR and other services for people who inject drugs (PWID), their partners and their children is improved in China, India, Indonesia, Kenya, and Malaysia.
2. The capacity of civil society and government stakeholders to deliver harm reduction and health services to PWID, their partners and children is increased in China, India, Indonesia, Kenya, and Malaysia.
3. The human rights of people who use drugs (PWUD), their partners and children are protected in China, India, Indonesia, Kenya, and Malaysia and advanced in global institutions.
4. The learning about the role of civil society in harm reduction programmes is increased and shared in China, India, Indonesia, Kenya, and Malaysia and globally.

2013 has been an exciting year for CAHR. The project has reached to over 50,9 thousand PWID providing to them tailored (based on specific segments of drug users), varied (syringe exchange, rapid testing for HIV, support to substitution therapy, hepatitis C counselling), linked to broader health infrastructure services. A total of 211,3 thousand beneficiaries have been reached through the project allowing the broader family, community and professional support for behaviour change and improved health for people who inject drugs.

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