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 to contract HIV, hepatitis and have poor access to health care services because of the… 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 the Global Fund and UNAIDS put people and communities at the front and centre of… 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 their responsibility to procure ARV for people living with HIV. In response, INPUD sent the… Read More »Letter of Concern: ARV Stockout in India
6 July, 2022 INPUD joins the Network of Asian People who Use Drugs, Harm Reduction International, the International Drug Policy Consortium and 100 community and human rights organisations in urging the UNODC and OHCHR to intervene and halt two impending executions in Singapore. Kalwant Singh and Norasharee bin Gous, are scheduled to be executed tomorrow, 7 July 2022, for drug… Read More »100 Community and Human Rights Groups Urge UN Action to Halt Imminent Executions in Singapore
28 September 2018 This is the first community-driven evaluation of the outcomes of Portugal’s decriminalisation of people who use drugs. Introduced in 2000, Portugal’s model of decriminalisation has been hugely influential and is frequently referred to as an example of legislative reform that has improved public health, social order, and the health and wellbeing of people who use drugs. However,… Read More »Is Decriminalisation Enough? Drug User Community Voices from Portugal
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 only honour the memory and legacy of Jude’s decades of activism but will continue her… Read More »Call for Consultant Mentors for the Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leaders Award
30 September 2021 As part of INPUD’s ongoing advocacy to influence the new PEPFAR Strategy, we have provided recommendations for consideration into the latest draft of the strategy document. While we commend the introduction of community-led monitoring in the draft, it is critical for PEPFAR to specifically allocate funding for community-led services and responses, particularly in addressing societal enablers and… Read More »Submission of feedback from INPUD to the Draft Overview of PEPFAR Strategy: Vision 2025
10 January, 2022 INPUD and Drugreporter are excited to announce the five winners of our #MoreThan video contest! The contest, which launched in September, is intended to be a continuation of the #MoreThan campaign launched on 2021 International Drug Users Remembrance Day, highlighting that people who use drugs are more than the sum of all labels attached to us by broader society. The contest… Read More »Announcing the Winners of the #MoreThan Video Contest
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