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Harm reduction refers to policies, programmes and practices that minimise negative health, social and legal impacts of drug use and drug laws and policies. Harm reduction approaches focus on supporting positive change without requiring that people stop using drugs. The Global Fund notes, in its Technical Brief Harm Reduction for People Who Use Drugs that, in many countries, harm reduction… Read More »Stronger support on harm reduction and human rights – Global Fund Grant Cycle 7

INPUD announces new chair for Board of Directors and other appointments INPUD would like to announce the appointment of its new Board Chair, Anton Basenko. Anton joins a strong Executive Committee with Louise Vincent as Vice Chair and Hassan Turaif as Treasurer. We look forward to the future stewardship of the Executive Board, Board, and Executive Director Judy Chang as… Read More »New Board Chair and other appointments  

Technical Briefs useful for planning for Global Fund Grant Cycle 7 in one place INPUD, has compiled a list of useful technical briefs for those planning for the grant cycle 7 for the Global Fund. These documents are in the process of being translated.

On the 28-29 November INPUD’s Programme Manager Gayane Arustamyan attended the Regional Forum “Implementation of the Global Fund’s Community Engagement Technical Assistance (CE TA) Program in the EECA region in 2021-2022: Lessons learned and way forward”. Our technical support for our networks has seen them becoming effective in work to realise the human rights of people who use drug and… Read More »Programming and technical support 

 This year INPUD was on the Steering Committee and the Community Committee of the INHSU Conference held in Glasgow from 19-21 October 2022.  We delivered multiple presentations on various panels to champion the community perspective of people who use drugs in the design and implementation of initiatives relating to access to hepatitis treatment. Aditia Taslim, INPUD’s Advocacy Officer presented on… Read More »Meaningful and effective partnerships  

In 2020 INPUD conducted a Values & Preferences Study that was commissioned by WHO In 2020 INPUD conducted a Values & Preferences Study that was commissioned by WHO whereby each of the global key population networks conducted community-led research into the values and preferences of our communities in relation to HIV, viral hepatitis and STI services. One of the topics… Read More »Values & Preferences Study

INHSU Conference 19-21st of October 2022 INPUD attended the annual INHSU conference held in Glasgow, Scotland. This year INPUD was on the Steering Committee and the Community Committee. We delivered multiple presentations on various panels including the role and importance of community-led values and preferences research, HCV elimination amongst people who inject drugs and in prisons and how to get… Read More »Meaningful and effective partnerships

INPUD’s Executive Director is a member of the Developed Country NGO Delegation to the Global Fund Board, who is the largest funder of harm reduction and people who use drugs programming in the world. This Board meeting was the first where INPUD attended as a member of this delegation, which was a particularly important one given that it was post-Replenishment… Read More »Global Fund Board Meeting 15-17th of November 2022

Currently a process is underway to negotiate a new international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (PPPR). On 5-7 December 2022, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body [INB] (constituted by WHO member states), will meet in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss the recently released ‘Conceptual Zero Draft of the New International Instrument on PPR’. This statement is a response to the proposed… Read More »INPUD statement on Conceptual Zero Draft of PPR Instrument