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Category: People Who Inject Drugs

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Choose Joy: A Photostory from the EpiC project in Central Asia 

January 31, 2023
In Kazakhstan, the EpiC project trains peer navigators to support people who inject drugs to access HIV testing, treatment, and prevention services. When Konstantin discovered that an ex-girlfriend was diagnosed with HIV, a peer navigator from EpiC named Nikolai reached... Continue Reading

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At the end of the storm, there's a golden sky: Elana's story from Dushanbe

September 8, 2022
EpiC Central Asia Elena works as a peer navigator for SPIN Plus, a public community organization in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, that serves people living with HIV. Her responsibilities include identifying new HIV cases, linking them to therapy, and ensuring adherence to... Continue Reading

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Family picture: Elena's story about living with HIV

February 1, 2022
EpiC Central Asia When Elena got to Ust-Kamenogorsk in East Kazakhstan, she had an HIV test at the AIDS center, where doctors advised her to contact Answer, a community-based organization supported by the Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC)... Continue Reading

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Second life: Lifesaving by peer navigators from Bishkek

July 29, 2021
EpiC Kyrgyzstan "It was hard for me in those days, and now there are people nearby who help me start all over again." Dmitry is from Bishkek and is 38 years old. Dmitry was a drug user for many years.... Continue Reading

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Whose personal is more political: Women who use drugs and the feminist movement

March 15, 2019
Written by Judy Chang, Executive Director, International Network of People Who Inject Drugs (INPUD). Judy Chang is a member of the LINKAGES Advisory Board. "In a marketplace of experiences, the privileged inevitably have more platforms from which to narrate, and... Continue Reading

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The IDUIT offers practical guidance on implementing HIV programs for people who inject drugs

June 15, 2017
Written by Brun Gonzalez, Chair of Board of Directors of the International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD) and Judy Chang, INPUD Executive Director [caption id="attachment_771" align="alignnone" width="2048"] Photos provided by: Brun Gonzalez[/caption] The Injecting Drug User Implementation Tool (IDUIT), jointly developed by... Continue Reading

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Reducing Gender-Based Violence Against Women Who use Drugs: The Right to be Free

December 7, 2016
Written by Judy Chang, Board Member, International Network of People who use Drugs Globally, it is estimated that one out of three women experiences gender-based violence (GBV) in her lifetime. Data on women who use drugs and their experiences of violence... Continue Reading

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Key Population Hero: Human rights for drug users in Nepal

November 2, 2016
Written by Anjay Kumar, drug user activist in Nepal  There were an estimated 52,174 people who inject drugs (PWID) in Nepal in 2013 with an annual growth rate of 11.36% (Government of Nepal Ministry of Home Affairs).1 Drug use in Nepal is... Continue Reading

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