Talk title: The new Africa Law Enforcement and Public Health Network
The ALEPH network launch in 2024 was a milestone, the first regional LEPH network. In 2025 the project has launched national ALEPH networks in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, South Africa and Zimbabwe. These brought together Civil Society Organisations including vulnerable and marginalised populations; law enforcement including police, prisons, justice departments, security sector, drug and crime prevention; Public Health including National Aids Councils, public health practioners, academia, health professionals and experts. The network is dealing with problems like ciminalisation, poverty, violence and HIV which affect everyone in society: seraching for alternative and decolonised approaches to the criminalisation of public health issues across Africa, and raising awareness of the public health role of law enforcement.
