What specific risks are people who use drugs (PWUD) likely to face during the COVID-19 pandemic? What services will they need? How will professionals working with this group need to adapt on the frontline?
HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE shared a Statement on COVID-19 Criminalisation warning law- and policymakers against the temptation to use the criminal law or other unjustified and disproportionate repressive measures in relation to COVID-19.
In collaboration with EuroNPUD, INPUD have developed “COVID-19: Advice for People who Use Drugs” leaflet.
IASC – Inter-Agency Standing Committee published Interim Guidance. COVID-19: Focus on persons deprived of their liberty.
As many people are currently confined to their homes because of the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO/Europe has developed a guide to help people integrate simple, safe ways to stay physically active in limited space.
Each year, we commemorate World Tuberculosis (TB) Day on March 24 to raise public awareness about the devastating health, social and economic consequences of TB, and to step up efforts to end the global TB epidemic.
In support of the global #ItsTimetoEndTB campaign, AFEW International talked to people who faced TB and asked them to reflect on TIME in the context of their life stories.
Despite the notable progress achieved in the fight against Tuberculosis (TB), it still poses a public health threat in the WHO European Region.
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has published a statement of principles relating to the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty in the context of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
Due to the coronavirus outbreak, AFEW International is taking various actions that follow the advice of the World Health Organization and the Dutch authorities.
