Sione Crawford has been working in peer-based organisations of people who use drugs since 2004. He has worked as a peer-educator, in community development and in policy and leadership positions. Sione has lived and living experience of hepatitis C treatment, injecting drug use, opioid agonist programs and the stigma and discrimination that attaches to these experiences. Sione is currently the CEO of Harm Reduction Victoria. Harm Reduction Victoria works with their community to ensure access to health care and human rights for people who use drugs. HRVic also provides peer- based services ranging from festival harm reduction to needle and syringe programs to peer-based patient navigation for hep C and opioid agonist treatment and is also instrumental in developing the peer workforce in Victoria and in providing frank advice to government and the sector.
Sione Crawford, CEO, Harm Reduction Victoria