Voices of Community Action & Leadership - VOCAL-Ke

24/06/2023

Global Day of Action is here, and we need your support!
Tune in to NTV this Monday 26th June 2023, 8am-9am Global Day of Action as we shed light on the need for compassionate drug policies and advocate for a more just society.Join the movement, show your support, and help us amplify our voices! Together, we can make a difference.

10/03/2023

Harm Reduction plays a key role in preventing drug-related deaths and offering access to healthcare,social services and treatment.However without proper policies in the country,this remains a big challenge.There is need for review of policies to entrench the provision of harm reduction services in the Public Health Framework in Kenya

01/12/2022

The global world AIDS Day theme for 2022 is Equalise,a call to end inequalities that impact access to HIV treatment and prevention services. In Kenya, People who use drugs have an HIV prevalence of 18.7% whereas the general population is at 4.9%.Kenya has the largest Programmes for people who inject drugs despite the challenging laws and policies that limit the development and integration of services needed to people who use drugs. There is an urgent need of engaging policy makers to change laws and policies in place. Its time to Equalise!

https://nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/opinion/need-to-rewrite-our-anti-narcotics-laws-180284

https://www.aidsmap.com/news/aug-2022/pilot-harm-reduction-programmes-africa-show-progress-despite-challenging-laws-and

In a session at the 24th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2022) last week, priorities and lessons learnt from the harm reduction programmes for people who inject drugs in Africa were discussed by a community panel followed by three case studies from Mozambique, Kenya, and Nigeria.

22/11/2022

Research has shown harm reduction is one of the most effective tools to help people who use drugs, and advocates say such programs are needed more than ever. However, these programs cannot be effective when laws and policies in the country are harsh and punitive hindering treatment. Without rehabilitation, people who use drugs are trapped in an endless cycle. Its time for change! Evidence-based legislation and public health methods that are effective in combatting drug abuse in Kenya are required.

According to the WHO, more than half of the people who use drugs in Kenya are 10-19 years of age.

22/07/2022

Postponement of Regional Webinar on Tailoring Vaccination Campaigns and COVID-19 Services for People Who Use Drugs

Due to an unforeseen health incident of our main facilitator and technical expert Dr. Robert Csak, we’re getting in touch to let you know that our regional webinar on the new Harm Reduction, COVID-19 and Vaccines Technical Guidance on 25 July is going to be postponed.

We are currently working on finding a date the soonest possible. Thank you for your understanding on this matter.

Stay safe, and we’ll be in touch with more information soon.

Kind regards,
Chris Abuor

22/07/2022

Please join us: Invitation to Webinar on Tailoring Vaccination Campaigns and COVID-19 Services for People Who Use Drugs

Date: 25 July 2022

Time: 11:00 to 13:30 ECT (GMT+1)

Language of Instruction: The webinar will held in English

Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkfuitrTMuGNYbVJsjRLbLNJV89N2u4BH8

We hope to see you then!

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: (Africa Region) Webinar on Tailoring Vaccination Campaigns and COVID-19 Services for People Who Use Drugs . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

21/07/2022

Please join us: Invitation to Webinar on Tailoring Vaccination Campaigns and COVID-19 Services for People Who Use Drugs

Date: 25 July 2022

Time: 11:00 to 13:30 ECT (GMT+1)

Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkfuitrTMuGNYbVJsjRLbLNJV89N2u4BH8

We hope to see you then! Reachout Centre Trust Uganda Harm Reduction Network Africanpud South African Network of People Who Use Drugs - Sanpud TB HIV Care TEENS WATCH Centre Harm Reduction International Caucus on Harm Reduction and Drug Policy Reform

26/06/2022

Problematic drug use is a public health problem NOT a criminal Justice issue.

03/03/2022

Remove laws that Harm!
Create laws that Empower!

01/03/2022

We stand in solidarity with Ukraine. We wholeheartedly condemn the atrocities being committed to Ukrainians by the Russian leadership. We keep our friends and their loved ones in thoughts and prayer

19/02/2022

Those of us who stand outside the circle of this society’s definition of acceptable persons ; those of us who have been forged in the crucibles of difference — those of us who are poor and live is slums, who are LGBTQIGNC those of us who use drugs , those who dropped out of school — know that survival is not an academic skill.
It is learning how to stand alone, unpopular and sometimes reviled, and how to make
common cause with those others identified as outside the structures in order to define and
seek a world in which we can all flourish

( with addition from Audre Lorde)

13/02/2022

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
- Abraham Lincoln