International Network of
People who Use Drugs

Over the past year, INPUD surveyed community-led organisations across the world. Our latest report, The Human Costs of Policy Change: A World in Turmoil, shows that the emergency is no longer simply financial. It has become an emergency for the health, rights, dignity and lives of people who use drugs. Read the executive summary here..

INPUD and the International Network on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users (INHSU) are proud to announce this year’s recipients of the Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leader Award: Yarelix Estrada and Rita Musa! Read more about this year’s recipients here.

This document sets out recommendations to the Global Fund Board and Secretariat that are aimed at minimising the risks of integration being done badly and maximising the potential for benefit. The focus is on integration at the level of services. While the recommendations are directed to protecting and promoting the health, well-being and dignity of people who use drugs, the substance of many of the recommendations is broadly applicable to the benefit of all key populations across the three diseases. Read the brief here.

INPUD has produced The Canary in the Coal Mine?: Community Lessons From the Global Fund GC7 Mid-Cycle Reprioritisation. This report is a community-led assessment of the Global Fund’s GC7 mid-cycle grant adaptation and reprioritisation. The report is available in English, Spanish, French and Russian.

The Global Fund Strategy 2023-2028 places more emphasis on community engagement and puts people and communities at the centre. This report assesses how this works in practice, sheds light on drug user engagement in CCMs, and identifies approaches to support our community in Global Fund-related processes.

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Community-led monitoring (CLM) plays a vital role in advocating for the rights and well-being of people who use drugs. We have produced a guide to introduce CLM to our community and to provide resources to support the implementation of and funding for CLM.

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