NAPUD

We (NAPUD) are the regional network of Asian People who use Drugs (PUD) with the mission to build a sustainable platform of People who Use Drugs to defend, support, and promote health, human rights, and harm reduction while simultaneously working to end criminalization, marginalization, stigmatization, and discrimination. We are the only network in the Asian region ensuring that our voices, needs, and concerns are represented in regional forums as well as at the national decision making spaces and platforms by supporting the development and strengthening of country networks of people who use drugs. NAPUD primarily works in the areas of public health, harm reduction, drug policy and human rights protection... Established in June 2021 after the closure of the Asian Network of People who Use Drugs (ANPUD), NAPUD was founded on inclusive membership principles as the regional network organization ‘Of', ‘For', and led ‘By' people who use drugs in Asia... At the regional level, NAPUD works..