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… Read More »Facilitating the Meaningful Engagement of People who Use Drugs in Country Coordinating Mechanisms
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… Read More »Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for People who Inject Drugs: Community Voices on Pros, Cons, and Concerns
6 May, 2021 Español | Français | Pусский The Global AIDS Strategy 2021-2026 is one of the first strategic documents in the entire United Nations system to align with the Sustainable Development Goals and has been generally considered one of the most progressive and community-oriented strategies ever produced by a UN agency. This… Read More »Briefing Note: Global AIDS Strategy 2021 – 2026
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.… Read More »Information Note for PEPFAR COP22
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
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
1 December, 2021 Pусский | Español | Français In June 2021, Member States at the United Nations High-Level Meeting (HLM) on HIV and AIDS adopted a Political Declaration to end inequalities and get on track to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. INPUD was actively engaged in… Read More »Technical Brief: 2021 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS
14 December, 2021 Effective, meaningful engagement of key populations and inclusion of community priorities and efforts within a country’s Global Fund COVID-19 Response Mechanism (C19RM) is critical to mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on HIV and TB responses. The success and challenges of C19RM in… Read More »The successes and challenges of GF – C19RM in meeting the needs of Key Populations
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