Tag PWID/IDU

Advocacy, BlogPeople who use drugs ≠ “addicts”. Stop the labelling.

asaxena

November 1st is International Drug Users Day, we stand in solidarity with millions of people using drugs who live their daily lives in harsh, extremely risky environments accentuated by the […]Read More

1
November
2017

Action, BlogSuccessful sensitisation of Health Care Providers

asaxena

The meeting hall was occupied by men and women in white clothes, be it sarees, trousers or shirts. Even the shoes and sandals were in the same colour! Aprons in […]Read More

18
October
2016

Advocacy, BlogAn Avoidable Tragedy: Ending Overdose Deaths

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The Delhi Police van took the defendants back to Tihar Prison after their hearing. Ramesh (name changed to protect identity) was happy at the thought that he would soon be […]Read More

31
August
2016

Advocacy, BlogEnd the War on Drug Users

amrita

November 1st has been observed as International Drug Users Day since 1995. Globally, there is a growing movement by activists and policy experts calling for de-criminalisation of drug users. India […]Read More

31
October
2014

Action, BlogStigma to Strength: A Widow’s Triumph

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Lalmuni Devi needs no introduction in Sarenja village. Situated in western Bihar, Sarenja is poverty-stricken with hardly any means of livelihood and even fewer employment opportunities. In this rural underbelly […]Read More

9
October
2014

Advocacy, BlogBeyond Punishment: A Conversation about the Government of India’s Support for Drug Users

indiaaidsalliance

Rajesh Nandan Srivastava, India’s Director of Narcotics Control, was in Vienna last month to attend the High-Level Segment of the 57th Session of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND). […]Read More

16
April
2014

Advocacy, BlogIgnorance is Not Bliss: Why HIV-Hepatitis C Co-infection among People Who Inject Drugs is a Crisis in India

indiaaidsalliance

HIV-Hepatitis C co-infection is emerging a complex and urgent problem. Umesh Sharma, executive member of the Asian Network of People who Use Drugs (ANPUD), has been working for many years […]Read More

5
August
2013

Advocacy, BlogWorld Hepatitis Day 2013: Making Hepatitis C a Priority

indiaaidsalliance

A dear friend of mine was struggling as a single mother, working two jobs and balancing drug use. To make things simpler, she quit the jobs and started working from […]Read More

27
July
2013

Advocacy, BlogAlliance India at IAS 2013 Kuala Lumpur

indiaaidsalliance

The 7th Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention is taking place this week in Kuala Lumpur. India HIV/AIDS Alliance is participating in this year’s meeting, including presenting four posters […]Read More

3
July
2013

Action, BlogRegistering for a Healthy Life: Chanura Kol Helps Women Who Inject Drugs

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Chochong was married at the young age of 15. Unable to cope with her husband’s abuse, she was tempted to try drugs. It was an easy way for her to […]Read More

14
May
2013