December 2018 The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) is the most important donor agency supporting projects and programmes targeting people who use and inject drugs globally. Between 2002 and 2014 the Global Fund supported 151 grants in 58 countries and… Read More »Facilitating the Meaningful Engagement of People who Use Drugs in Country Coordinating Mechanisms
March 2022 The International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD) in collaboration with the International Network of Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users (INHSU) have announced the first round of the new Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leaders Award. This ground-breaking mentorship program will not… Read More »Call for Peer Mentors for the Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leaders Award
May 2016 Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is a new tool for preventing HIV transmission and has sparked considerable discussion and debate in many communities. In 2012, based on evidence that PrEP is safe and effective, the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended that countries consider daily oral… Read More »Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for People who Inject Drugs: Community Voices on Pros, Cons, and Concerns
15 February, 2022 INHSU and INPUD are proud to honour the memory of a legendary drug user advocate with the new Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leader Award. Jude Byrne was an extraordinary person and fearless advocate for people who use drugs over a career spanning… Read More »Introducing the Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leader Award
15 February, 2022 Download the full statement here. Harm Reduction International (HRI), the International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD) and the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC), urge the Singaporean Government to immediately halt the impending execution of Roslan bin Bakar and another person… Read More »Joint Statement Urging Singapore to Halt the Impending Executions of Two People for Drug Offences
6 May, 2021 Español | Français | Pусский The Global AIDS Strategy 2021-2026 is one of the first strategic documents in the entire United Nations system to align with the Sustainable Development Goals and has been generally considered one of the most progressive and community-oriented strategies ever produced by a UN agency. This… Read More »Briefing Note: Global AIDS Strategy 2021 – 2026
25 November, 2021 Human rights violations against people who use drugs have been widely documented, including abuses by police; abuses in detention; discrimination by schools, employers and health care workers; and in some countries, extrajudicial killings. As a growing number of United Nations (UN) experts… Read More »The Fight for Accountability: Opportunities to Engage in Human Rights Advocacy for INPUD
4 February, 2022 PEPFAR is the second largest donor for harm reduction services. Yet, investment for people who inject drugs remains at only 1% from their total allocation for HIV prevention. COP22 Guidance includes a lot of emphasis on inclusion and participation of key population.… Read More »Information Note for PEPFAR COP22
10 September 2021 The International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD) and Harm Reduction International (HRI) commend the Global Fund on reaching the penultimate stage of the strategy development process. Following on from our inputs into the strategy framework as well as first draft… Read More »Key recommendations for the Global Fund Strategy 2023-2028
10 September, 2021 INPUD, together with Harm Reduction International, have put together a statement with key recommendations for the draft Global Fund Strategy Narrative. This was submitted to the Global Fund as input while they go through the process of developing their new strategy. The key recommendations we submitted were: 1. Overall Comment: The draft Strategy narrative lacks an overall strategic vision connecting the moving parts. There is a lack of prioritisation that… Read More »Key Recommendations for the Draft Global Fund Strategy Narrative