Harm Reduction Victoria

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Welcome to Harm Reduction Victoria (HRVic)
formerly VIVAIDS Inc.

HRVic is a statewide membership based organisation of drug users. Our membership is made up of current users, ex users and people whose aim is to increase information and education about illicit drug use so that people who take drugs do so with minimum harm to themselves.

We also seek to improve the way people who take drugs are treated by medical, community and government services and to increase the awareness in the general community, about issues relating to illicit drug use.

HRVic is funded through government grants to increase the knowledge and understanding amongst drug users about blood borne viruses, overdose and other issues of concern about illicit drug use. For further information on the support we offer, please refer to Our Services on this website.

PAMS (Pharmacotherapy, Mediation and Support)
	PAMS is a confidential telephone service for people on a pharmacotherapy program such as methadone, buprenorphine (Subutex and Suboxone) or Naltrexone. More Info...
	Call PAMS
	1800 443 844 or (03) 9329 1500 Open 10am - 6pm Mon. - Fri.
Hepatitis C Prevention
	HRVic Hepatitis C (HCV) Peer Education Program divides its time between 2 main areas: identifying opportunities to promote education and information about hepatitis C for drug users and professionals who work with drug users and building capacity to provide hepatitis C testing, monitoring and treatment for injecting drug users in the community. More Info...
Overdose Prevention
	The deaths from heroin overdose are still on a steady decrease, that could be due to the quality of the heroin around or it could be due to the fact that drug users in Victoria have been getting accurate up to date information for the last 9 years from other drugs users through the HRVic DOPE (drug overdose prevention education) Project. More info...
DanceWize
	DanceWize (formerly RaveSafe) has had a very successful year working at many new and diverse events.