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The Human Cost of Policy Shifts: The Fallout of US Foreign Aid Cuts on Harm Reduction Programming and People Who Use Drugs

When the US foreign aid cuts happened, our community paid the price. This report shows how. The impact of US foreign aid cuts on the health and well-being of people who use drugs has been massive and monumental. INPUD has conducted a rapid assessment to understand the depth and breadth of this impact. The findings highlight that evidence-based harm reduction… Read More »The Human Cost of Policy Shifts: The Fallout of US Foreign Aid Cuts on Harm Reduction Programming and People Who Use Drugs

How to Enjoy a Conference – a Harm Reduction Guide

The AWID International Forum is both a global community event and a space of radical personal transformation. A one-of-a-kind convening, the Forum brings together feminist, women’s rights, gender justice, LBTQI+ and allied movements, in all our diversity and humanity, to connect, heal and thrive. PURPOSE OF HARM REDUCTION GUIDE The purpose of the guide is to create a brief and practical harm reduction resource… Read More »How to Enjoy a Conference – a Harm Reduction Guide

Community perspective on access to harm reduction 

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At the Lisbon Addiction Conference, Judy Chang was part of the Hepatitis C prevention and treatment among people who inject drugs: Global progress and future requirements discussion. She focused on Community perspective on access to harm reduction.   A comprehensive design of harm reduction services should ensure that people who use drugs can do so safely with their human rights… Read More »Community perspective on access to harm reduction 

Video: The Wall of Shame – Why Crack Consumptions Rooms are Needed in Paris

28 April, 2022 An estimated thirteen thousand people use crack cocaine in the wider Paris region. Recently the police, who have been harassing the community over the last three decades, even built a wall to block people who use crack from the rest of society. This wall – an ugly and very physical manifestation of the authorities’ attempts to separate… Read More »Video: The Wall of Shame – Why Crack Consumptions Rooms are Needed in Paris

Surviving and Thriving: Lessons in Successful Advocacy from Drug User-Led Networks

1 April 2022 Surviving and Thriving: Lessons in Successful Advocacy from Drug-User Led Networks showcases what local and regional drug user-led networks can do when they have adequate resources through accessible and sustainable donor funding. The networks featured in these case studies took on projects that confront the most pressing issues of our time, such as COVID-19, government crackdowns on… Read More »Surviving and Thriving: Lessons in Successful Advocacy from Drug User-Led Networks

The IDUIT – Implementing Comprehensive HIV and HCV Programmes with People Who Inject Drugs

5 April, 2017 The IDUIT contains practical advice on implementing HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) programmes with people who inject drugs. It is based on recommendations in the WHO, UNODC, UNAIDS technical guide for countries to set targets for universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care for injecting drug users – 2012 revision and the Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention,… Read More »The IDUIT – Implementing Comprehensive HIV and HCV Programmes with People Who Inject Drugs