Key GPHN Projects and Activities

We employ an inclusive approach, seeking to engage the widest possible range of stakeholders active in the public health and harm reduction arena. We want to work with people who deliver services and interventions, people who receive services and interventions, NGOs, community projects, advocacy groups, academics and policy makers. We all have things to learn from one another - and we want to help you to have the conversations that matter.

Information Sharing

Our goal is to help the members of our network share information about their projects, good practices, and ideas, and provide them with access to organized and relevant materials. We also support the visibility and online presence of NGOs.

Education

Our goal is to spread knowledge and information about good practices in public health, based on evidence from harm reduction, for both experts and the public.

Public Events

We specialize in supporting and running international public health events for experts, policy-makers, academics, and NGOs. We work with global leaders in the public health and harm reduction fields.

Networking

Our network gives an opportunity for our community to exchange ideas. We organize conferences and events, and provide an online platform to exchange and promote ideas.

We Are Involved in the Following Projects and Activities

SOLID Project Meeting in Cologne
July 9, 2026, 5:56 a.m. • Kasia Kowalczyk
Last week, we visited Cologne to meet and discuss the progress of the SOLID project.

Last week, we visited Cologne to meet and discuss the progress of the SOLID project. Alongside our project discussions, we had the opportunity to attend "High & Horny Happy?", a recurring educ...

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Solid Phd Colloquium And Social Work Conference April/May Kazakhstan
May 18, 2026, 11:37 a.m. • Kasia Kowalczyk
As part of the programme, we contributed by facilitating workshops on quantitative research methods, participating in informal working sessions, and supporting discussions on academic collaboration, publication planning, and interdisciplinary research dev

From 28 April to 3 May 2026, participants of the SOLID project gathered in Astana, Kazakhstan, for the SOLID PhD Colloquium 2026. The programme brought together early-career researchers and academ...

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Intersted in Central Asia - psychoactive substance use, HIV, GBV and other topics?
March 29, 2026, 4:37 p.m. • Kasia Kowalczyk
If you are interested in drug policy, social work, or developments in Central Asia and China, you are warmly invited to join the SOLID Talks.

If you are interested in drug policy, social work, or developments in Central Asia and China, you are warmly invited to join the SOLID Talks.SOLID Talks is a regular online discussion series organ...

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CHI 2021
City Health International Conference

City Health International was founded in 2012 as a network of individuals and organisations engaged in the study of, and response to, structural health issues and health behaviours in the urban environment.

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SOLID
Social work and strengthening NGOs

We are pleased to announce our involvement in the ‘Social work and strengthening NGOs in development cooperation to treat drug addiction’ (SOLID) project alongside multiple European partners.

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Harm Reduction Database
Publications, knowledge base and e-learning courses

Our partner website - harmreduction.eu - collates and disseminates data and knowledge about harm reduction approaches and policies on drug use and related risks.

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Journals
Promoting Evidence-Based Public Health

GPHN supports the Harm Reduction Journal. Watch Nick Crofts, HRJ editor-in-chief, presenting at the City Health 2020 Online conference.

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Research Center
Center for Research on Biological Basis of Social Behavior

We are pleased to announce our partnership with the BBSB Center. The main goal of the centre is to use biological, including evolutionary, perspectives to explain human social behaviour.

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Research and Studies

Links to study results and recent research projects in public health.