Drug use and HIV in Africa

In October 2007, the "sub-Saharan Africa Harm Reduction Network" (SAHRN) was formed to address the growing problem of drug use and HIV (and other harms) in Africa. The meeting notes are available at the following site:

http://www.ihra.net/uploads/downloads/NewsItems/SAHRNInaugralMeeting.pdf

PSI does not currently run interventions in Africa to directly address the issues of drug use and its associated harms, such as HIV, HEP C, overdose, etc. But HIV rates are on the rise among IDUs in many African countries. If this is an issue in your country, and you'd like to add IDU to your target groups, please don't hesitate to contact me or Mariah (mpreston@psi.org) for assistance.

Rob