MENAHRA - The Middle East and North Africa Harm Reduction Association

The Middle East and North Africa Harm Reduction Association (MENAHRA) was first launched in 2007 as an initiative from the World Health Organization, in cooperation with Harm Reduction International within the project “promoting the role of civil society organizations in the MENA region. Building on the outcomes of the initiative, today MENAHRA is an independent international NGO registered in Beirut under Presidential Decree number 7491, and its main funder is the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM).’.

MENAHRA is the first network on injecting drugs harm reduction in the MENA covering 20 countries (Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen), with its secretariat in Beirut, and three knowledge hubs (KHs) based in Iran (KH-INCAS), Lebanon (KH-SIDC), and Morocco (KH-ArRazi).