Our MAT Baraza held at Ngara MAT Clinic Nairobi, brought together our community of PWUDs, PWIDs, Area chief and assistant chief, community leaders, Community Health Care Workers (CHCWs) among other stakeholders and partners where we discuss ways of bringing in cohesive socio economic integration, promotion of Human and Health Rights towards PWUDs, Security (at the …
Please find the anti-stigma messages in the link below: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xcS6hMlCDcqyyyoExkurAlsi30z2JNyC/view?usp=sharing
Sharing of Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) information is essential to women especially our community of Women Who Use drugs (WWUDs). Majority of Women and girls in Kenya lack access to comprehensive information on SRHR despite the country’s constitutional framework guaranteeing reproductive health and access to such information. Lack of information therefore has contributed to …
Most often, Community of PWUDs human rights are usually violated because they are not well informed about what is legally right or wrong. It’s therefore important for people who use drugs to understand that they have the same and equal rights like any other person. For a better understanding of the legal needs among our …
PWUDs faces various challenges from accessing quality, physical abuse, discrimination from the community and harassments from law enforcers. During our community education and conversation forum, it was noted that as much as sensitization of Community Health Care Workers has been done, PWUDs still faces discrimination in accessing quality health care services. Delay in medical -services …
Community Education & Conversation Forum on Challenges faced by PWUDs Read More »
Community HealthCare Workers plays a major role in our (KENPUD’s) efforts to reach to as many PWUDs as possible in our communities. Working together with CHCWs has been a major milestone as we have been able to meet the needs of PWUDs through accessible and affordable health services for current and recovering drug users. KENPUD …
Sensitization of Community Healthcare Workers on Harm Reduction Services Read More »
There are more than 270 million people who use drugs in the world, which is approximately equal to the population of Russia, Germany, and South Africa combined. In addition to criminalization and violence, drug users are at high risk of various health threats including HIV, TB, and infectious hepatitis. Over the past 20 years, the …
INPUD Position on the Global Fund’s new Strategy Read More »
The PWUDs in the past suffered lack of political goodwill, social and economic challenges for a long period but the narrative slowly begun changing in 2019 and improved for the better from having spaces to engagement in policy making and engagement of policy makers in PWUDs spaces. Improvement in access health services including scale up …
For so many years’ individuals indulging in drugs have faced lots of stigmatization from different quotes of their lives including family and friends, this particular act has led to social rejection, Labeling, stereotype and discrimination. Many at time drug users are accused falsely due to their situation leading to their arrest and unfair trials. Some …
