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#TreatUsRight! Needle and Syringe Programmes and Community Mobilisation

2 July 2020 14:30

Online

This first webinar will focus on needle and syringe programmes and community mobilisation in the Southern and East African region.

Events 3 days, 7 hours ago

Harm reduction continues for people who use drugs during COVID-19 in Côte d’Ivoire

PAS is continuing its harm reduction work by providing reliable information and distributing COVID-19 prevention materials.

News Alerts 4 days, 9 hours ago

Cannabis rescheduling: What could it mean for Africa?

IDPC and TNI argue that the WHO’s recommendations will be an opportunity for African States to further decolonise drug control and strengthen the legal basis for emerging medicinal cannabis programmes.

Publications June 24, 2020

COVID-19: WADPN provides emergency humanitarian responses to persons who use drugs

WADPN has provided people who use drugs with credible information, protective equipment, food items and hygienic paraphernalia, whilst urging enforcement officers to reduce raids and incarcerations.

News Alerts June 22, 2020

Harm reduction for women in prisons

HRI, SANPUD and Metzineres underscore the importance of alternatives to incarceration and the availability of humane, accessible and non-stigmatising services in prisons and the community.

Publications June 19, 2020

Barriers to harm reduction for women who use drugs in South Africa

HRI and SANPUD found law enforcement and prison staff attitudes and behaviours, including serious instances of violence, are a key obstacle.

Publications June 19, 2020

Drug policy in Africa - The best approach

20 June 2020 14:00

Online

SSDP Nigeria and Support. Don't Punish are hosting a Zoom meeting to discuss drug policy in Africa.

Events 18 June 2020

COVID-19: A wake-up call for criminal justice reform

18 June 2020 14:00

Online

The webinar will discuss drug control and criminal justice reform opportunities to address the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable people in West Africa.

Events 9 June 2020

COVID-19: Prisons and detention in Africa

IDPC calls on African States to take urgent action to ensure the safety and health of prison staff and people deprived of liberty.

Publications June 3, 2020

COVID-19 and petty offences in West Africa

4 June 2020 11:00

Online

The webinar will discuss the impact of lockdown restrictions on vulnerable groups and provide recommendations for an appropriate response to the pandemic.

Events 3 June 2020

West Africa: Decongesting prisons is a logical approach to limiting the spread of COVID-19

Overcrowding in prisons, due to the criminalisation of drug use, makes it impossible to respect social distancing and regular hygiene practices.

News Alerts June 2, 2020

WADPN emergency response to COVID-19 prevention & control among people who use drugs in West Africa

WADPN mobilises for a multi-pronged strategy to reducing the exposure and impact of the pandemic on people who use drugs.

News Alerts May 19, 2020

Webinar - Decriminalisation of petty offences in Africa

19 May 2020 13:00

Online

The webinar organised by APCOF aims at finding advocacy opportunities to encourage African states to adopt alternatives to the detention of poor and marginalised people for minor offences.

Events 19 May 2020

No one should have to suffer through this: COVID-19 experiences of street-based people who use drugs in South Africa

Street-based people who use drugs are being forced to live in precariousness; many are facing painful episodes of withdrawal without support.

News Alerts April 17, 2020

Parliament of Ghana passes historic new drug law, paving the way for a West African approach

The Narcotics Control Bill recently passed by Ghana's Parliament shows a West African approach to drug policy is possible, and much needed

Blog Posts April 3, 2020

By Maria-Goretti AneIDPC Consultant: Africa

Call for proposals to promote drug policy reform in West Africa

WADPN will receive applications focusing on a range of drug policy reform issues, including health and criminal justice reform.

News Alerts March 7, 2020

African declaration to eliminate hepatitis C and improve the health of people who use drugs

Experts from the region call for increased efforts to scale up and remove barriers to health services.

News Alerts February 28, 2020

1st Regional Conference on Hepatitis Care in Substance Users (INHSU Africa)

17 - 20 February 2020

Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, Upper Eastside, Cape Town, South Africa

INHSU Africa will holds its 1st Regional Conference on Hepatitis Care in Substance Users in Cape Town in February 2020.

Events 16 January 2020

ICASA 2019: People who use drugs continue to be side-lined in the HIV response

We must ask ourselves: How realistic can the AIDS Free Africa agenda be if we leave behind a whole key population? People who use drugs are being relegated to the margins.

Blog Posts January 15, 2020

By Maria-Goretti AneIDPC Consultant: Africa

Setting the records straight: Response to CSOs calling for criminalisation of drug use in Ghana

Calls against cannabis legalisation misrepresent the decriminalisation bill.

News Alerts January 3, 2020

International Drug Policy Consortium

Sub-Saharan Africa

#TreatUsRight! Needle and Syringe Programmes and Community Mobilisation

Harm reduction continues for people who use drugs during COVID-19 in Côte d’Ivoire

Cannabis rescheduling: What could it mean for Africa?

COVID-19: WADPN provides emergency humanitarian responses to persons who use drugs

Harm reduction for women in prisons

Barriers to harm reduction for women who use drugs in South Africa

Drug policy in Africa - The best approach

COVID-19: A wake-up call for criminal justice reform

COVID-19: Prisons and detention in Africa

COVID-19 and petty offences in West Africa

West Africa: Decongesting prisons is a logical approach to limiting the spread of COVID-19

WADPN emergency response to COVID-19 prevention & control among people who use drugs in West Africa

Webinar - Decriminalisation of petty offences in Africa

No one should have to suffer through this: COVID-19 experiences of street-based people who use drugs in South Africa

Parliament of Ghana passes historic new drug law, paving the way for a West African approach

Call for proposals to promote drug policy reform in West Africa

African declaration to eliminate hepatitis C and improve the health of people who use drugs

1st Regional Conference on Hepatitis Care in Substance Users (INHSU Africa)

ICASA 2019: People who use drugs continue to be side-lined in the HIV response

Setting the records straight: Response to CSOs calling for criminalisation of drug use in Ghana

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