At the Housing First & #HarmReduction Conference in Lisbon, our ED Anton Basenko made it clear: We’ve survived enough. It’s time to lead. People who use drugs are shaping the future of #DrugPolicy — loud, proud and powerful. 📸 Check out the photos from the conference.

Happy International Drug Users Day! ❤️ A day to celebrate our communities, our resilience and the fight that never stops. We’ve faced stigma, criminalisation and hate — but we’re still here, stronger than ever. We are proud. We are loud. We are not going anywhere. #IDUD2025

Thank you, World Health Organization (WHO), for this publication, so much expected by and developed with the community. 🔗 Read the publication: iris.who.int/server/api/c... #WHO #OAMT #OpioidAgonistMaintenanceTreatment

#INHSU2025 — what a week. Powerful sessions, brilliant people & real community energy. See you at the next one. ✊

💖 Celebrating Rita Gatonye (Kenya), who received Special Recognition #JudeByrneAward for her fearless advocacy for women who use drugs across East Africa. 👉 Read more: inpud.net/jude-byrne-a... #INPUD #INHSU

Joana Canêdo’s activism cuts across borders and movements — grounded in #feminism, solidarity and care. Her Special Recognition #JudeByrneAward honours her relentless work for justice and inclusion. 👉 Read more: inpud.net/jude-byrne-a... #INPUD #INHSU

“My work is grounded in solidarity, justice and care.” 💖 Celebrating Vielta Parkhomenko, feminist activist and #JudeByrneAward winner from Ukraine. 👉 Read more: inpud.net/jude-byrne-a... #INPUD #INHSU

“This recognition means so much to me, not only personally but for my community of Chibolya.” 💖 Celebrating Kaumba Akuffo, this year’s #JudeByrneAward winner from Zambia. 👉 Read more: inpud.net/jude-byrne-a... #INPUD #INHSU

At #INHSU2025, we’re making one thing clear: #PeopleWhoUseDrugs aren’t invisible. We’re experts, leaders & essential partners in global health and #HumanRights. 💪

A milestone for community research! Yesterday at #INHSU2025, CUTTS #HepatitisC Project teams in Armenia & Georgia presented focus group data & key insights from the LDSS/N Values & Preferences Study for the first time.

Thanks to everyone who joined “Surviving & Thriving in a Crisis” today — an inspiring #INHSU2025 session facilitated by Angela McBride & Annie Madden with #CAB voices from 9 countries.

💖 When #WomenWhoUseDrugs get the space and support to lead, movements grow stronger. Explore the learnings from the #JudeByrneAward: inpud.net/jude-byrne-a...

Funding cuts hit hardest where services save lives. At #INHSU2025, Anton Basenko joins Navigating the Challenges of US #FundingCuts to share the peer perspective. 🗓 16 Oct | 14:00–15:30 | The Verve

Civil society space keeps shrinking, but our connections keep growing. #Solidarity isn’t a slogan — it’s how we survive, build power and protect our #communities. 💪 #INHSU2025

Community advisory boards = real leadership. Anton Basenko joins a panel at #INHSU2025 on how peer-led advisory boards drive real #HarmReduction in hard times. 🗓 16 Oct | 11:15–12:15 | Hall A #CAB

Today at #INHSU2025, our Exec Director Anton Basenko will join the panel “Worker Wellness During Times of Crisis”. 🗓 Wednesday, 15 Oct ⏰ 16:00–17:30 📍 Discussion Space

Today at Community Day at #INHSU2025, we celebrated four incredible winners of the Jude Byrne Emerging Female Leader Award. These women are shaping the global drug user movement with their courage, vision and leadership. Their voices, stories and advocacy inspire us all 💜

Peer-led, community-driven and unforgettable. Today’s Community Day at #INHSU2025 is showing the strength of our global networks. #PeopleWhoUseDrugs #CommunityDay

GATE, INPUD, MPACT & NSWP, in collaboration with GBGMC, are inviting key population & #community-led organisations to a webinar about Community Lessons from Global Fund Processes and Steps Forward to Grant Cycle 8. 🕰️ 1 October 2025 at 15:00 CEST/CAT Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Aditia Taslim, our Advocacy Lead, delivered pre-recorded oral interventions in two Agenda Items at the 60th session of the Human Rights Council: on the impact of #ClimateChange on #HumanRights and on the panel discussion on economic, social and cultural rights.

For #IDUD2025, we’re offering 10 small #grants ($500 each) to drug user-led networks across all INPUD regions (incl. INWUD). 💡 Got an idea? We want to hear it! ✨ Theme: We Are Here! We Are Proud! Unshaken, Unbroken and Loud Read the concept note 👉 bit.ly/4614e1n

At #HRC60 in Geneva, INPUD’s Advocacy Lead Aditia Taslim will speak (via video) at a side event on implementing the International Guidelines on #HumanRights & Drug Policy. 🗓 18 Sept ⏰ 14:00–15:00 📍Palais des Nations More info: humanrights-drugpolicy.org

INPUD has recently conducted a successful #BoardMeeting in #Nairobi. New Board Leadership has been elected: Ernesto Cortés (LANPUD), Chair Vielta Parhomenko (ENPUD), Vice Chair Hasan Taraif (MENANPUD), Treasurer We also have a new member of the Board: Rita Gatonye (INWUD).

As one big family driven by hope, Lace Boot Initiative for Women who Use Drugs (LaBWWUD) remains committed to overdose awareness. Check out some photos from the International Drug Overdose Awareness Day that LaBWWUD organised in Zimbabwe. #IOAD2025 #OverdosePrevention

At today's webinar, INPUD’s Board Member Ernesto Cortes will speak about leveraging data from the #WorldDrugReport to strengthen civil society submissions to UN #HumanRights treaty bodies. Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/68f3a3...

It is with profound sadness that we mourn the passing of Louise Vincent, INPUD’s Interim Chair, a long-time Board Member, a respected friend, and a true peer leader in our global movement. Read more: inpud.net/with-deepest...

🚨 Call for proposals! 🚨 We’re giving out 10 small grants ($500 each) to drug user-led networks to support #community-led celebrations for #IDUD2025. Theme: We Are Here! We Are Proud! Unshaken, Unbroken and Loud Read the concept note: bit.ly/4614e1n 👉 Apply now: bit.ly/47pkJa1

INPUD was proud to join the #GCDP annual plenary in London—now featured in their latest monthly digest. Community voices, incl. our ED Anton Basenko, stood alongside ex-presidents, UN reps + partners like Release + Transform to push #DrugPolicy reform forward.

📢 Don’t miss it: #Sustainability at the Edge — a webinar on the harm reduction funding crisis 🗓 7 August 2025 🕒 3PM CET | 🌐 Online 🎧 FR, RU, SPA interpretation 🔗 Register for the webinar here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #HarmReduction #HIV #NoFixWithoutUs

📢 Webinar: #Sustainability at the Edge Global health cuts are hitting #HarmReduction hard. What’s at stake for people who use drugs? 🗓 7 Aug 2025 | 🕒 3–4:30 PM CET 🌍 Online | Interpretation in FR, RU & SPA 🔗 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

📢 Webinar: #Sustainability at the Edge The impact of global health cuts on people who use #drugs 🗓 7 August 2025 🕒 3-4:30 PM CET 🌍 Online (with simultaneous interpretation in French, Russian & Spanish) Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Back in Aus after spending an inspirational week in Dar es Salaam with friends from TaNPUD and Médecins du Monde (MdM) for the CUTTS #HepC Project. Working to deliver positive change & save lives through harm reduction. @mdmfrance.bsky.social @unitaid.bsky.social @who.int

Just finishing 3 days of community researcher training at TaNPUD for the Unitaid-funded CUTTS #HepC LDSS/N Study. INPUD, TaNPUD, MdM & Burnet collaboration to improve health & rights of people who use #drugs in Tanzania. @mdmfrance.bsky.social @unitaid.bsky.social @who.int

Supported by the Love Alliance, INPUD teamed up with Lace Boot Initiative for Women Who Use Drugs (LaBWWUD) to develop a #ShadowReport to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) Concluding Observations Report on #Zimbabwe. @aidsfonds.bsky.social

Great to be back in Dar es Salaam working with friends at TaNPUD for the second round of Community Researcher Training for the CUTTS #HepC Project, #LDSS/N, Values & Preferences Study. @who.int @mdmfrance.bsky.social @unitaid.bsky.social @burnetinstitute.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social

🕯️ Today, join AfricaNPUD & INPUD for a global webinar to mark #DrugUserRemembranceDay. We’ll honour those lost to #stigma and violence — and fight for the living. 📅 21 July at 5PM Nairobi time zone 🌐 Online — accessible worldwide Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

On 30 June, Anton Basenko spoke at #GCDP in London alongside ex-presidents + drug policy changemakers. Anton also met our partners at Release and IPPF, built new collabs, and closed it all with hugs + reflection with the UK #INPUD team. This is how we build change — together.✊

We asked: what’s the impact of US foreign aid cuts on #peoplewhousedrugs? Short answer: it’s devastating. Our rapid assessment exposes the scale of the damage. If you care about #harmreduction, you need to read this and share it widely: bit.ly/4m0edLJ

Yesterday in Geneva, we joined GATE, MPact, NSWP and Love Alliance at the #UNAIDS PCB for a side event on Key Populations in the Lead. We also launched our new joint position paper on putting #keypopulations at the centre of global health initiatives. Check it out here: bit.ly/3HTXiL1

There is no such thing as a "health-based" #drugpolicy that excludes people who use drugs. Ahmed Said from AfricaNPUD made that loud and clear at the Eastern & Southern Africa Commission on Drugs high-level meeting yesterday. Check out the photos from the event 📸 #nothingaboutuswithoutus

Without people who use drugs, there’s no end to the #HIV pandemic. Building a sustainable HIV response means: ✔ Real funding ✔ Real law reform ✔ Real community leadership Read our #advocacy brief: bit.ly/43JRP1Z

During the Charite Substance and Alcohol Use Disorder Course on 04 June in Berlin, Ahmed Said (AfricaNPUD) said: “It’s time to challenge our assumptions: performance issues in the workplace are often unrelated to #drug use but are wrongly attributed to it due to #stigma."

Yesterday, Anton Basenko delivered a powerful message at the #UN side event on sustaining progress and mobilising action to end #AIDS: 🗣 “We’re not just facing a funding crisis—we’re facing a crisis of political will.” Watch Anton's full speech here: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1v...

Missed our #GlobalFund Reprioritisation webinar? Download the slides now and share your feedback before the survey closes this weekend! Download the slides here: inpud.egnyte.com/dl/6c9By74v3... Share your feedback: www.surveymonkey.com/r/8QCKNH2 #healthequity #peoplewhousedrugs

Starting soon! We’re going live in one hour to break down the #GlobalFund reprioritisation and what it means for key populations. 🗓 Today, 14:00 CET Register here: bit.ly/43PhLJu Complete our brief survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/8QCKNH2 #nothingaboutuswithoutus

“Nothing about us without us” isn’t just a slogan. It’s a baseline. Anton Basenko made that crystal clear at the WHA Inter-Ministerial Dialogue last week. If you missed his intervention, watch it now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tl_... #INPUD #harmreduction #peoplewhousedrugs

“We don’t negotiate survival. Full stop.” That’s the energy we’re bringing to the webinar on #GlobalFund reprioritisation, organised by INPUD, NSWP, M-PACT and GATE. 🗓 30 May ⏰ 14:00 CET Register here: bit.ly/43PhLJu Complete our survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/8QCKNH2

Lived experience is often overlooked in medical spaces — but that’s exactly what Anton Basenko was speaking up about on 25th May at the Global Innovation Day for Addiction Therapeutics in Hamburg. Check out the photos from the event 📸 #INPUD #GATID #OAT #harmreduction

We’re teaming up with NSWP, M-PACT and GATE for a webinar about the #GlobalFund Reprioritisation. 🗓30 May 2025 ⏰14:00 CET Register here: bit.ly/43PhLJu Complete our brief survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/8QCKNH2 Please register and submit your responses before the webinar.

Anton Basenko spoke at #MSF Belgium’s General Assembly in Brussels, joining a panel on the future of humanitarian aid in an increasingly authoritarian world. He brought the voice of #peoplewhousedrugs into a tough conversation about shrinking resources and rising repression.