Connecting with Care - Portugal

By: Conor Ashleigh (Visual Storyteller,  International Network on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users – INHSU)

Description: In July 2001, Portugal decriminalised the personal use and possession of all illicit drugs. At the time, the decision was a world first, and since then, organisations across the city have continued to advocate for the health and social needs of people who use drugs. In this film, we go behind the scenes of organisations including CRESCER, GAT, and Ares do Pinhal, who are all working on different ways to provide hepatitis C testing and treatment for some of Lisbon’s most marginalised communities of people who use drugs.