Union for HIV Prevention and Harm Reduction (UORN)

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    Contact details

    Address: 29/73 Pușkin Str., Balți

    Telephone: +373 231 39 332

    Email: protineret@yahoo.com

    Website: http://uorn.md/

    Area of activity

    • Advocacy for supporting the continuous implementation of Harm Reduction programs from National Public Budget funds, by participating in developing and facilitating the enforcement of minimum quality standards for organizations that implement harm reduction programs in the Republic of Moldova, defining the mechanism of social contracting of implementing organizations
    • Advocacy for humanitarian policies against drug users by promoting the application of alternative interventions for punishments associated with drug use
    • Changing social perception of groups at high risk of HIV infection (drug users and sex workers)
    • Ensuring the provision of primary legal assistance services that meet the needs of vulnerable communities (such as injecting drug users, sex workers, people living with HIV/AIDS) through the work of specialized paralegals

    Type of assistance provided

    • Primary legal assistance provided by a team of specialized paralegals (17 people) in Balti, Chisinau, Cahul and neighbouring cities

    Category of beneficiaries

    People in high risk groups for HIV infection, injecting drug users, sex workers, men who have sex with men, people living with HIV/AIDS

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