Side event organized by the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, with the support of Norway, the International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD) and UNAIDS Moderator: Jake Agliata (Policy & Communications Officer, INPUD) Judy Chang (Executive Director, INPUD): INPUD are the global body representing people who use drugs, and we work to protect the health and defend …
International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD)
Side Event: Achieving gender equality in HIV interventions among people who use drugs
Guimaraes, Brazil: Without evidence based responses, we will not achieve anything. Gilberto Guerra (UNODC): Applying the same tools across genders is wring. The female population is often left on the streets in dependence. Conversations about interventions should take into account their contexts, peer-to-peer or mother-to-mother solutions are needed in these communities in the management of …
Side Event: Communities at the Centre: Barriers and opportunities for community led interventions
Organized by International Drug Policy Consortium, International Network of People who use Drugs, Joint United Nations Programme in HIV/ AIDS, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and UNODC HIV/AIDS Section Communities of people using drugs are at the forefront of increasing access and delivery of health and human rights-based programs. The “Communities at …
Informal Dialogue with the INCB President
International Drug Policy Consortium: In May 2018, the INCB invited civil society for an informal discussion around medicinal cannabis. This was a very positive step to ensure that civil society could raise critical issues with the INCB. Could you inform us as to whether you are planning any future similar consultations with civil society? Viroj Sumyai, …
Special Event Blog: Leaving No-One Behind: People at the centre of a harm reduction, human rights and public health approach to drug use
Organised by the Governments of the Netherlands and Norway, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the United Nations Development Programme, UNAIDS, the World Health Organization, the International Drug Policy Consortium, AFEW International, Harm Reduction International, the International Network of People who Use Drugs, Open Society Foundation, Aidsfonds, and Frontline AIDS. HE Marco Hennis, …
Side event: Réformes politiques et lois sur les drogues en Afrique de l’Ouest
Cisse Mariama Mohamed, Union Africaine. Je voudrais remercier les organisateurs du side-event qui nous réunit aujourd’hui. Le phénomène de la drogue n’épargne aucun continent et l’Afrique est devenu aujourd’hui un lieu de prédilection des trafiquants mais aussi du crime organisé tirant profit du trafic. Les conséquences sont énormes, non seulement sur le plan économique mais aussi de …