This panel seeks to provide an overview of the issues and challenges to the policies of harm reduction, both globally and domestically, with the goal of fostering discussion and reflection as to how we can advance this work in meaningful and effective ways. Although the focus will be on harm reduction policies specific to drug use, the panel will also explore the main tenets of harm reduction as applicable to other areas of public health.

Moderator: Richard Parker, Columbia University

Presenters:

- Amy Fairchild, Columbia University
- Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch, Open Society Institute
- Ernest Drucker, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of
Medicine and Columbia University
- Mario Pecheny, University of Buenos Aires
- Le Minh Giang, Hanoi Medical University

Discussants:

- Constance Nathanson, Columbia University
- Alan Berkman, Columbia University

A reception follows the event.