10 September 2021 The International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD) and Harm Reduction International (HRI) commend the Global Fund on reaching the penultimate stage of the strategy development process. Following on from our inputs into the strategy framework as well as first draft… Read More »Key recommendations for the Global Fund Strategy 2023-2028
10 September, 2021 INPUD, together with Harm Reduction International, have put together a statement with key recommendations for the draft Global Fund Strategy Narrative. This was submitted to the Global Fund as input while they go through the process of developing their new strategy. The key recommendations we submitted were: 1. Overall Comment: The draft Strategy narrative lacks an overall strategic vision connecting the moving parts. There is a lack of prioritisation that… Read More »Key Recommendations for the Draft Global Fund Strategy Narrative
4 February, 2022 Access the application form here or at the bottom of this page. Pусский | Français INPUD is very aware of the ongoing and disproportionate impacts of the dual COVID-19 and HIV pandemics for our communities. Drug user -led networks are under increased… Read More »COVID-19 – INPUD Wellbeing Access Fund Small Grants
12 April, 2021 Pусский | Español | Français Over the past decade there have been increasing claims that the world is moving towards a critical turning point in international drug policy, based on a growing recognition that governments must consider alternative approaches to drug policy which include decriminalisation. While… Read More »Drug Decriminalisation: Progress or Political Red Herring?
27 August, 2021 Pусский | Français | Español A summary report of our key findings from this study can be found here.Pусский | Français | Español In 2021 INPUD collaborated with the World Health Organization (WHO) Department for Global HIV, Hepatitis and STI Programmes on a global qualitative study examining the values and preferences of key populations,… Read More »Key Populations’ Values and Preferences for HIV, Hepatitis and STI services: A Qualitative Study
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… Read More »Announcing the Winners of the #MoreThan Video Contest
March 2020 Pусский | Español | Français The need to change our language in relation to people who use drugs has become an increasing topic of discussion, but there is still a long way to go. People who use drugs are highly diverse and their relationship with drug use… Read More »Words Matter! Language Statement & Reference Guide
9 March, 2021 INPUD is devastated to hear of the passing of Jude Byrne last Friday, especially with the knowledge that palliative pain treatment took time to be provided following her diagnosis. Jude was an extraordinary woman, mother, grandmother, friend and drug user activist who touched… Read More »In Loving Memory of Jude Byrne
21 September 2020 From July through September 2020, as part of HIV2020 Online, INPUD and Rights Reporter Foundation released an original ten-part film series – Taking Back What’s Ours! An oral history of the movement of people who use drugs – featuring the stories, histories and reflections of drug user advocates around… Read More »Taking Back What’s Ours! A documented history of the movement of people who use drugs
6 July, 2020 Read the accompanying research project – Taking Back What’s Ours! A documented history of the movement of people who use drugs The global movement of people who use drugs has achieved exponential growth over the last four decades. Throughout the world drug user… Read More »Taking Back What’s Ours! An oral history of the movement of people who use drugs