The INHSU 2025 Community Committee
About the committee
We’d like to thank this year’s Community Committee members for their input into the INHSU 2025 program and the pre-conference Community Day. You can meet the committee members below. You must be a current INHSU member to join the committee and help shape future activities at our conferences. Membership is free for people with lived experience of HCV, drug use or HIV.
Angela McBride (chair)
Board Member, INHSU; Executive Director, South African Network of People Who Use Drugs (SANPUD)
South Africa
Christos Anastasiou
OAT Project Manager, European Network of People who use Drugs
Greece
Marios Atzemis
Collaborator on Drug Policy and Blood Borne Infections for the Mayors of Athens & Deputy Chair in the Prevention Centers of Athens
Greece
Alla Bessonova
Expert Feminist Council at Eurasian Network of People Who Use Drugs (ENPUD)
Kyrgyzstan
Matt Bonn
Board Member, INHSU; Freelance Drug Policy Journalist and Activist; Knowledge Specialist, Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation; Research Team Member, Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse (CRISM)
Canada
Daphne Chronopoulou
Chair, European Network of People who use Drugs
Greece
Ernesto Cortes
Costa Rica
Sione Crawford
Australia
Rita Gatonye
Coordinator, Women In Response To Hiv/aids And Drug Addiction
Kenya
Rachel Halford
United Kingdom
Louise Hansford
INHSU board member, South Coordinator, Hep C U Later Programme, NHS Addictions Provider Alliance
United Kingdom
Charles Henderson
Burnet Institute
Australia
Natalie Jacobs
Community Linkage Officer, SANPUD
South Africa
Annie Madden
Project Lead, International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD)
Australia
Tania Marumbwa
Director, Zimbabwe People Who Use Drugs
Zimbabwe
Koketso Mokubane
Community Linkage Officer at SANPUD; RSA Global Fund CCM PWUD Representative; Gauteng PWUD Sub Sector Coordinator, South to South Learning Network; Country Champion and Former Peer Worker at the Community Oriented Substance Use Programme
South Africa
Abdullahi Muktar
Outreach Team Leader, Drug Free and Preventive Healthcare Organization (DAPHO)
Nigeria
Rita Musa
National Secretary, Drug Harm Reduction Advocacy Network Nigeria (DHRAN)
Nigeria
Veilta Parhomenko
Chair, NGO Club Eney
Ukraine
Charne Roberts
SANPUD
South Africa
Ahmed Said
Regional Coordinator, African Network of People Who Use Drugs (AfricaNPUD)
Kenya
Oliver Wehrli
Peer Worker, Arud
Switzerland
Sarah Whipple
Community Engagement Co-Director at Yuba Harm Reduction Collective
United States
Jessica Zalami
MENANPUD (Middle East & North African Network for People who Use Drugs)
Lebanon