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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read More »INPUD statement on Conceptual Zero Draft of PPR Instrument
At the Lisbon Addictions 2022 Conference Judy Chang was part of a discussion about the creation of a comprehensive gender strategy in drug policy in Europe. The discussion on gender perspective in drug policy included a policy maker, with Judy providing a user perspective, a… Read More »How to incorporate gender perspective in drug policy in Europe
Kenya: Nairobi This week, more than 20 delegates from AfricaNPUD and MENANPUD got together to learn more about making the voices of people who use drugs heard in conversations about the protection and promotion of their human rights. People who use drugs are more likely… Read More »UNAIDS joint workshop in Kenya – advocacy training
27th September, 202214.00 – 15.30 CEST The Global Fund is the largest donor of harm reduction in low-and middle-income countries and its funding is critical for protecting the human rights of people who use drugs, ensuring access to health care and strengthening community systems. Both… Read More »NFM4: How People who Use Drugs can Meaningfully Engage
24th August, 2022 The ongoing shortage of Antiretroviral drugs for people living with HIV in India has become a crisis. One which was anticipated by the community as early as December 2021. Yet the India National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) has continued to fail in… Read More »Letter of Concern: ARV Stockout in India