INHSU 2026

6-9 OCTOBER 2026

Clarion Congress Hotel Prague
Czech Republic

The 14th International Conference
on Health and Hepatitis
in Substance Users

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The INHSU 2026 Community Committee

We’d like to thank this year’s Community Committee members for their input into the INHSU 2026 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.

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Meet this year’s committee

 

  • Alexei (Chair) Lakhov, Technical Adviser, EuroNPUD, Germany
  • Kaumba Akuffo, Coordinator, International Network of Formerly Incarcerated Women, Zambia
  • Christos Anastasiou, OAT Literacy and Rights 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, National Organization for the Prevention and Treatment of Addictions, Greece
  • Alla Bessonova, Coordinator of the Feminist Expert Council, Eurasian Network of People who Use Drugs (ENPUD), Kyrgyzstan
  • Matthew Bonn, INHSU Board Member; Freelance Drug Policy Journalist and Activist; Knowledge Specialist, Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation; Research Team Member, Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse (CRISM), Canada
  • Joana Canêdo, Consultant, Community Researcher and Local Country Campaigns’ Coordinator, EuroNPUD, Portugal
  • Daphne Chronopoulou, Women’s Project Manager, EuroNPUD, Greece
  • Ernesto Cortes, INHSU Board Member; Executive Director, Costa Rican Association on Drug Studies and Interventions (ACEID), Costa Rica
  • Sione Crawford, CEO, Harm Reduction Victoria, Australia
  • Rita Gotonye, Coordinator, Women in Response to HIV/AIDS and Drug Addiction Kenya, Kenya
  • Rachel Halford, CEO, Hepatitis C Trust, United Kingdom
  • Louise Hansford, INHSU Board Member; South Coordinator, Hep C U Later Programme, NHS Addictions Provider Alliance, United Kingdom
  • Charles Henderson, Community Engagement Coordinator, Burnet Institute, Australia
  • Dominik Ivanys, Drug User Activist, Podane Ruce, Prague
  • Masia Iwulska, Chair, EuroNPUD, Poland
  • Leo Jefferys, Project Executive, EuroNPUD, Ireland
  • Annie Madden, Project Lead, INPUD, Australia
  • Tania Marumbwa, Director, Zimbabwe People Who Use Drugs, Zimbabwe
  • Angela McBride, Executive Director, SANPUD, South Africa
  • Abdullahi Muktar, Outreach Team Leader, DAPHO, Nigeria
  • Rita Musa, National Secretary, Drug Harm Reduction Advocacy Network Nigeria (DHRAN), Nigeria
  • Fabrice Olivet, Vice Chair, EuroNPUD, France
  • Veilta Parhomenko, Chair, NGO Club Eney, Ukraine
  • Prince Ruhode, South Africa
  • Ahmed Said, Regional Coordinator, AfricaNPUD, Kenya
  • Oliver Wehrli, Peer Worker, Arud, Switzerland
  • Sarah Whipple, Community Engagement Co-Director, Yuba Harm Reduction Collective, USA
  • Jessica Zalmi, Middle East & North African Network for People who Use Drugs, Lebanon