ACEID Drugs, prisons and COVID-19, San José – 2020

Leading Organization: Asociación Costarricense para el Estudio e Intervención en Drogas ACEID

Asociación Costarricense para el Estudio e Intervención en Drogas carried out the following actions:

Objective:

To promote strategies to prevent the spread of COVID-19 among people who use drugs, especially those living with HIV, LGBTI +, in the street and deprived of liberty, through the preparation and dissemination of clear, timely and evidence-based information to key actors in Costa Rican civil society and decision makers in the area of ​​health and justice. The activity is scheduled to take place virtually entirely, to abide by the isolation measures stipulated by the worldwide emergency of COVID-19.

Products:

• Short and informative document on COVID-19 and people who use drugs with special emphasis on people with HIV, LGBTI + and sex workers.
• Short and informative document on COVID-19 and persons deprived of liberty, with special emphasis on the Costa Rican prison system.
• A virtual workshop on COVID-19 in people who use drugs for civil society organisations and institutions in charge of HIV responses in Costa Rica
  – watch the recordings: https://www.facebook.com/apoyenocastiguecr
• Two virtual seminars on COVID-19 and people who use drugs. One focused on the response to HIV and key populations and the other on the prison system.
  – watch the recordings: https://www.facebook.com/apoyenocastiguecr

Communications

• Documents, seminars, photos and videos will be published online and disseminated through website and social networks:
  • Facebook: www.facebook.com/apoyenocastigecr & www.facebook.com/aceidcr
  • Twitter: @aceidcr
  • Instagram: @apoyenocsati