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Facilitating the Meaningful Engagement of People who Use Drugs in Country Coordinating Mechanisms

December 2018 The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) is the most important donor agency supporting projects and programmes targeting people who use and inject drugs globally. Between 2002 and 2014 the Global Fund supported 151 grants in 58 countries and one regional grant, all of which included activities to support people who inject drugs, with… Read More »Facilitating the Meaningful Engagement of People who Use Drugs in Country Coordinating Mechanisms

Call for Peer Mentors for the Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leaders Award

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 Peer Mentors for the Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leaders Award

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for People who Inject Drugs: Community Voices on Pros, Cons, and Concerns

May 2016 Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is a new tool for preventing HIV transmission and has sparked considerable discussion and debate in many communities. In 2012, based on evidence that PrEP is safe and effective, the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommended that countries consider daily oral PrEP as an additional prevention strategy for HIV-negative partners in serodiscordant couples, as well as… Read More »Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for People who Inject Drugs: Community Voices on Pros, Cons, and Concerns

Introducing the Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leader Award

15 February, 2022 INHSU and INPUD are proud to honour the memory of a legendary drug user advocate with the new Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leader Award. Jude Byrne was an extraordinary person and fearless advocate for people who use drugs over a career spanning decades, holding numerous roles with the Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL) as… Read More »Introducing the Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leader Award

Information Note for PEPFAR COP22

4 February, 2022 PEPFAR is the second largest donor for harm reduction services. Yet, investment for people who inject drugs remains at only 1% from their total allocation for HIV prevention. COP22 Guidance includes a lot of emphasis on inclusion and participation of key population. However, with the lack of quality data of people who use drugs around the world,… Read More »Information Note for PEPFAR COP22

Key recommendations for the Global Fund Strategy 2023-2028

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 of the strategy narrative, we strongly request that the subsequent recommendations are included during the… Read More »Key recommendations for the Global Fund Strategy 2023-2028

Key Recommendations for the Draft Global Fund  Strategy Narrative

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 can guide funding allocations to address inequities and inequalities and drive investments to plug current gaps… Read More »Key Recommendations for the Draft Global Fund  Strategy Narrative

COVID-19 – INPUD Wellbeing Access Fund Small Grants

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 pressures as we have moved to adapt our operations and ways of working, made even… Read More »COVID-19 – INPUD Wellbeing Access Fund Small Grants

Drug Decriminalisation: Progress or Political Red Herring?

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 this shift has been hailed as a sign of progress by many, INPUD believes there… Read More »Drug Decriminalisation: Progress or Political Red Herring?

Key Populations’ Values and Preferences for HIV, Hepatitis and STI services: A Qualitative Study

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, including people who inject drugs, for HIV, Hepatitis and STIs services. The findings of this… Read More »Key Populations’ Values and Preferences for HIV, Hepatitis and STI services: A Qualitative Study