{"id":3954,"date":"2011-08-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psi2030.wpengine.com\/yu-xin-home-drop-in-center-launched-in-china\/"},"modified":"2018-05-22T22:24:54","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T22:24:54","slug":"yu-xin-home-drop-in-center-launched-in-china","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/news\/yu-xin-home-drop-in-center-launched-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Yu Xin Home Drop-in Center Launched in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Yu Xin Home Drop-in Center (DiC), the first activity center for injecting drug users (IDUs) at the pilot community drug rehabilitation center in Luzhai, was inaugurated this week. PSI\/China collaborates with the Luzhai County Public Health Bureau (PHB), Center for Disease Control (CDC), Narcotics Control Committee Office and the Chengxi Community Center to implement community-based drug rehabilitation and comprehensive HIV prevention interventions targeted at IDUs in Luzhai centering around the Chengxi area.<\/p>\n<p>The program focuses on the provision of technical assistance to local stakeholders in order to further strengthen the Government-led harm reduction and HIV\/AIDS prevention activities in Luzhai, centering around the Chengxi Community Detoxification and Rehabilitation site. <\/p>\n<p>On August 5, 2011, the Yu Xin Home Drop in Center (DiC) was opened in Chengxi. The Center provides a safe, supportive, home-like environment for IDUs, and motivates them to adopt healthier injecting and sexual behaviors.  <\/p>\n<p>Representatives from the Luzhai PHB, CDC, Narcotics Control Committee Office, Community Center Office, Township government and USAID-funded Cooperating Agencies (CAs) participated in the opening ceremony.  The leaders of the Luzhai PHB, Narcotics Control Committee Office, Chengxi Community and PSI\/China delivered opening speeches and jointly unveiled the commemorative plaque. <\/p>\n<p>Andrew Miller, PSI\/China\u2019s new country representative echoed the local partners\u2019 sentiments and emphasized in his speech that collaboration and partnership with a broad section of local stakeholders based on mutual respect, trust and understanding were key to the successful implementation of programs.  He also restated that PSI\/China is fully committed to working together with local partners and CAs to support Luzhai\u2019s efforts on anti-drug and HIV\/AIDS prevention. <\/p>\n<p>The establishment of the Yu Xin Home DiC will further contribute to the promotion of community-based IDU interventions in Luzhai.  <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/china%201.jpg\" width=\"312\" height=\"232\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>From left to right: Qin Liyun, Head of Luzhai County Chengxi Community Office; Andrew Miller, Country Representative of PSI\/China; Gu Chunxi, Director of Luzhai County Narcrotics Control Committee; and Qin Huiqun, Director of Disease Control Division of Luzhai Public Health Bureau. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read about the inauguration on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lznews.gov.cn:9999\/epaper\/lzrb\/html\/2011\/08\/09\/07\/07_57.htm\" target='_blank'>Liuzhou Daily<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>For more information about community rehabilitation of injecting drug users, watch this video on CNTV about about a peer educator named Qui Shu Zhong. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.cntv.cn\/20110807\/105899.shtml\" target='_blank'><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/china%20ribbon%20cutting%202.jpg\" width=\"312\" height=\"235\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","related_practice_areas":[],"related_countries":[],"related_projects":[],"news_category":[],"class_list":["post-3954","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"related_practice_areas","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related_practice_areas?post=3954"},{"taxonomy":"related_countries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related_countries?post=3954"},{"taxonomy":"related_projects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related_projects?post=3954"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=3954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}