7 – 11 DECEMBER, 2020 The criminalisation of drugs is the basis of systemic issues faced by people who use drugs. Acting on decriminalisation is necessary to ensure all other reforms are achievable and sustainable. COVID-19 has shown us the dangers of failing to do… Read More »#PeersInThePandemic Demand 5 – Act on Decriminalisation
30 NOVEMBER – 4 DECEMBER, 2020 For too long harm reduction programs have emphasised social control over the right to health. Punitive measures in harm reduction have restricted people from accessing services such as OAT. COVID-19 has shown these restrictions have always been unnecessary. We… Read More »#PeersInThePandemic Demand 4 – NO to Punitive Measures in Harm Reduction
23 – 27 NOVEMBER, 2020 Peers are central to the COVID-19 response in their communities. We call for the prioritisation of peer-led responses by directing funding towards harm reduction services led by peers as community members, and to facilitate peer secondary distribution for essential harm… Read More »#PeersInThePandemic Demand 3 – Prioritise Peer-led Responses in Harm Reduction
16 – 20 NOVEMBER, 2020 In response to the pandemic 47 countries have offered take home OAT doses or delivery. As lockdown measures are lifted some states have rolled back these policies despite evidence showing they were an essential part of keeping people who use… Read More »#PeersInThePandemic Demand 2 – Expand & Maintain OAT Take Home Doses
9 – 13 NOVEMBER We demand that states firmly declare support for harm reduction programmes by declaring these services as essential, ensuring they remain open during lockdowns, and directing public health funding towards the maintenance, delivery and expansion of services. Download social media graphics for this week here. Hashtag… Read More »#PeersInThePandemic Demand 1 – Declare Harm Reduction as Essential
22 OCTOBER, 2020 Смотрите здесь для русского. In January of 2019 Kyrgyzstan, already facing declining donor funding for the HIV response, had the services of their three community-led, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) put to an end due to the cease of funding from the country’s Global Fund (GF) programme. This… Read More »Out in the cold: Community-led services abandoned as donor funding declines in Kyrgyzstan
21 September 2020 From July through September 2020, as part of HIV2020 Online, INPUD and Rights Reporter Foundation released an original ten-part film series – Taking Back What’s Ours! An oral history of the movement of people who use drugs – featuring the stories, histories and reflections of drug user advocates around… Read More »Taking Back What’s Ours! A documented history of the movement of people who use drugs
29 AUGUST 2020 For the full guidance document, please click here. INPUD welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the development of the next Global Fund Strategy which will take the Global Fund beyond 2023, aligned with the deadline for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly… Read More »Global Fund Strategy Development Consultation
July 21, 2020 On International Drug Users’ Remembrance Day, we take time to remember the family, friends, peers, and loved ones whose lives have been unjustly and tragically cut short. The criminalisation and stigmatisation of people who use drugs continue to desensitise our society to… Read More »International Drug Users Remembrance Day 2020
6 July, 2020 Read the accompanying research project – Taking Back What’s Ours! A documented history of the movement of people who use drugs The global movement of people who use drugs has achieved exponential growth over the last four decades. Throughout the world drug user… Read More »Taking Back What’s Ours! An oral history of the movement of people who use drugs