On June 29-30, 2015 there was a media tour and training on “Coverage of harm reduction in the mass media of Kazakhstan” conducted in Ust-Kamenogorsk city.
In the tour took part journalists from the national media from Almaty, Astana, Pavlodar, Shymkent, Karaganda, Temirtau, Ust-Kamenogorsk.
Media tour and training conducted within the framework of the Regional program “Harm reduction works – provide financing!” organized be the Eurasian Harm Reduction Network and the ALE “Kazakhstan Union of People Living with HIV”.
As part of the media tour participants visited the site of MRT facility in the East Kazakhstan regional narcology center, met with narcologists and MRT program participants. Journalists made a working trip to Drop in center, where they got acquainted with its activities and clients.