His Excellency President Rodrigo Roa Duterte Malacañang ComplexJ.P. Laurel StreetSan Miguel, Manila1005 Via the Embassy of the Philippines Re: An Entreaty to End the Killing, to End the Poverty and Exclusion Dear President Duterte/Mr. President I urgently request a halt be called on the killing of people who use drugs in the Philippines. I implore Your Excellency President Duterte to… Read More »Philippines Embassy Letter
AUGUST 2016 INPUD and ANPUD invite members, allies, and friends to email or telephone their local Philippines consulate or national Embassy. Contact information can be found here. If telephoning, ask to be put through to their political section (if they have one) or to the consular section. Be polite – remember you are not trying to convince the person you are… Read More »Killing in the Philippines; Guidance for Embassy Contact
5 April, 2017 The IDUIT contains practical advice on implementing HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) programmes with people who inject drugs. It is based on recommendations in the WHO, UNODC, UNAIDS technical guide for countries to set targets for universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care for injecting drug users – 2012 revision and the Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention,… Read More »The IDUIT – Implementing Comprehensive HIV and HCV Programmes with People Who Inject Drugs
INPUD, along with HIV Legal Network, UNAIDS and the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services, are excited to be hosting a virtual side event at the 64th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on Monday, 12 April 2021 at 14:00 CEST. ‘We Are the Evidence’: Community-Led Responses on Decriminalisation, Harm Reduction and COVID-19 will be a discussion on why and how people who use drugs should be at the centre of advancing policy towards decriminalisation… Read More »‘We are the Evidence’ – Community-led Responses on Decriminalisation, COVID-19 and Harm Reduction
March 2014 A Position Paper from the Women and Harm Reduction International Network (WHRIN) and the International Network of Women who Use Drugs (INWUD). Download the full statement here. In some countries, such as Russia and Ukraine, pregnant women who use illicit drugs have been coerced by health providers to either terminate their pregnancies or relinquish their children to the… Read More »Illicit Drug Use in Pregnancy: An Appropriate Response
15 April, 2019 Download this full statement here. INPUD is deeply saddened by the passing of our member, friend, previous Director on our Board, our representative, and our facilitator, Dean Lewis. Dean was determined to live his life with grace and fire, and in this he succeeded. He was relentlessly and consistently thoughtful and was as generous to people as… Read More »Dean Lewis – Remembering a Friend
24 July, 2019 Download this statement here. The Asian Network of People who Use Drugs and the International Network of People who Use Drugs strongly condemn recent raids on the offices and homes of Anand Grover and Indira Jaising of the Lawyers Collective, India. These attacks are emblematic of a broader trend of intimidation, harassment and abuse of power against… Read More »Joint Statement Condemning recent raids on the offices and homes of Anand Grover and Indira Jaising
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we have partnered with the Global Commission on Drug Policy on a series of videos featuring discussing with members of the Global Commission and people who use drugs from all across the world. These conversations not only aim to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on communities of people who use drugs, but about the effects on… Read More »COVID-19 Dialogue Series: Empowering People who Use Drugs
The 6th Partnership Forums of the Global Fund started on February 2nd, 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Global Fund Partnership Forums are being held virtually. Since 2002, the Global Fund has been one of the main funders of health and human rights programmes for people using drugs in countries with low and middle income. The 6th Partnership Forums’ main focus is to… Read More »Crib Sheet on Participating in the 6th Global Fund Partnership Forums
10 FEBRUARY 2021 This event is free but requires registration: bit.ly/3b07cXF Much of the research which informs policy and decision making systemically excludes communities and key populations such as people who use drugs, people who live on the streets, transgender people, sex workers and men who have sex with men. Narratives which inform research projects too often come from academic backgrounds… Read More »Taking the Lead: Addressing the Critical Role of Communities in Research