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For English speakersGeneral presentation The increase in the production, distribution and transit of narcotics in Africa, and the diversification of products and uses (new drugs, medicines diverted from their intended purpose, new forms of consumption), linked to the globalisation of cultural models, represent a challenge for the definition of drug policies that respect human rights. While pilot addictology centres in West Africa offer harm reduction (harm reduction) treatment and prevention to drug users, the demand for treatment remains high (including tobacco, cannabis, alcohol, etc.). What tensions are created by these developments? What legal and social treatment models are being proposed? The aim of the conference is to provide an interdisciplinary perspective on these issues (social sciences, addictology) in response to the demand for change in drug policies in Africa. Aims of the conference - On a scientific level (knowledge production), the conference aims to : - Bring together researchers, documentation, knowledge and experience on drugs and addictions, and their social, legal and health treatment, in French-speaking West Africa. - Analyse the specific features of African contexts and the differences with global analyses, as well as recent developments and transformations in products production, circulation and consumption and in practices, in the social areas concerned, as well as sectoral and inter-sectoral responses, and their scientific approaches. - Identify priority research questions for West Africa and include the region in transnational debates on the prospects for research to support drug policies. - In operational terms (producing strategic advances), the conference aims to : - Identify and discuss the factors favouring and the obstacles to the implementation of feasible, contextually appropriate, socially acceptable and ethically just policies, strategies, measures and actions in the legal, health and social treatment of drugs and the associated risks and harm. - Taking account of the national and regional dimension in West Africa - And by co-constructing the proposals through exchanges between scientists (in the social sciences and addictology), operational players, community players and PUDs in Senegal, West Africa and internationally. Date and venue Tuesday 21-Thursday 23 May 2024, Dakar (Université Cheikh Anta Diop and Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie) and remotely (videoconference). The Call for abstract submission ended on March 17, 2024. The program will include:
Audience: researchers and students in the social sciences, addictology and public health, healthcare workers, institutional and community stakeholders, CBOs, PUD organizations. Coordinators Organising institutions and partners
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