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INPUD Consensus Statement on Drug Use Under Prohibition – Human Rights, Health, and the Law

16 OCTOBER 2015 This is the International Network of People who Use Drugs’ (INPUD) Consensus Statement on Drug Use Under Prohibition. It focusses on human rights, health, and the law in relation to people who use drugs. The document is informed by the perspective of those who are so catastrophically impacted by global prohibition and by the so-called ‘war on drugs’: people… Read More »INPUD Consensus Statement on Drug Use Under Prohibition – Human Rights, Health, and the Law

News: INPUD launches ‘Slow Death in Ukraine’ short film

20 MARCH 2015 INPUD launches short film Slow Death in Ukraine with background note on Crimea, one year after  the annexation of the region by Russia. (English / русский) The International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD) condemns Russia’s denial of access to essential medicines in Crimea Methadone and buprenorphine, often referred to as opiate substitution treatment (OST), are classed by the World… Read More »News: INPUD launches ‘Slow Death in Ukraine’ short film

Civil Society Groups Tell UNITAID: Support access mechanisms led by civil society, not the pharmaceutical industry

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MARCH 2015 Letters from global groups express deep concerns about the Medicines Patent Pool’s entry into hepatitis C treatment Worldwide, at least 185 million people have been infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), nearly three quarters of them in middle-income countries (MICs). Although hepatitis C can be easily treated and cured with oral drugs, over 700,000 people die from HCV-related… Read More »Civil Society Groups Tell UNITAID: Support access mechanisms led by civil society, not the pharmaceutical industry