Tolvea is a community-based initiative reducing the harms of substance use and expanding access to HIV, TB, and hepatitis prevention — through outreach, referral, and advocacy that never asks someone to prove they deserve care.
A Nigeria where people who use drugs live free from HIV, TB, viral hepatitis, and preventable harm — with dignified, judgment-free access to care.
Each pathway reinforces the others — outreach builds trust, trust enables referral, referral generates evidence, and evidence shapes policy.
Community outreach, peer education, and linkage to HIV, TB, and hepatitis testing and overdose prevention.
Training peer educators and community health volunteers to sustain outreach locally.
Formal referral pathways with health facilities and treatment sites, closing the gap between risk and care.
Turning programme evidence into support for public-health-first policy, not punitive control.
Community-based outreach and peer relationships built on trust, not compliance.
Reduced exposure to HIV, TB, hepatitis, and overdose-related harm; real linkage to services.
Stigma is what keeps people from care. Removing it, not adding conditions, is what changes outcomes.
Whether you're a health facility looking to build a referral pathway, a funder aligned with evidence-based public health, or someone who wants to volunteer as a peer educator — we'd like to hear from you.