LEAHN Co-ordinator Greg Denham visits Asia and Africa
The LEAHN team is expanding rapidly in 2014. LEAHN Co-ordinator, Greg Denham, travelled to Kenya and Tanzania to meet new Country Focal Points, Wilson Lomali and Abdallah Said Kirungu who are both working hard to promote harm reduction approaches in their communities. Check out the photos below.
Inspector Kirungu, Tanzania Police, takes LEAHN Co-ordinator on tour
LEAHN CFP Wilson Lomali hosts Co-ordinator, Greg Denham in Kenya
Joint harm reduction training in Moldova
LEAHN Co-ordinator Aleksandr Zelitchenko co-facilitated a workshop in Chinasau, Moldova in April 2014 for participants from law enforcement agencies and civil society organizations. The workshop was titled:
Enhancing Partnerships between Law Enforcement and Civil Society Organizations in the context of Drug Use and HIV: Sensitization Workshop
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LE and HIV Collaboration
Gender Desk Police Officers in Tanzania participated in a special training program about harm reduction in March 2014. The training was supported by Medicine du Monde who have been working in partnership with local police.
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Sign the Statement of Support for Harm Reduction
We are seeking endorsements from past and present members of law enforcement - police and correctional officers, etc.
Don't fit this description? Maybe you know of someone who does.
Please feel free to share a link to this statement with them or contact our team with suggestions for how we may reach out to someone in your country directly.
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LE and HIV Training
LEAHN will be hosting a Professional Development Workshop at the 20th International AIDS Conference to be held in Melbourne in July, 2014. The workshop will be facilitated by Dr Nick Thomson and LEAHN Co-ordinator, Mr Greg Denham.
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Country Focal Point
Lieutenant Colonel Svetlana Doltu has been involved in HIV prevention approaches for prisoners in penitentiaries in Moldova for many years.
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News
Michel D. Kazatchkine, UN Secretary General‘s Special Envoy on HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia writes about harm reduction progress in Moldova in the Huffington Post:
Is Moldova Leading the World on Harm Reduction in Prisons?
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