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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PLENARY SPEAKERS


FULL PROGRAM COMING SOON

From war zones to women’s health, stimulant use to HIV prevention, this year’s plenaries bring together some of the most important conversations in drug user health.

Tetiana Deshko, Alliance for Public Health, Ukraine

Adapting Harm Reduction and Infectious Disease Models of Care in Conflict Settings

Professor Nadine Ezard, UNSW Sydney, Australia

Interventions for Stimulant Use: Clinical and Public Health Interventions

 

Anna Maria Ekström, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Understanding Drug Use Among Women: Epidemiology and Syndemics of Trauma, Mental Health, Gender-based violence, and Infection

Monica Gandhi, University of California, San Francisco, U.S

HIV Treatment and Prevention for People who Use Drugs: Clinical Advances and Implementation Science

Annie Madden, International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD)

Beyond Participation: Leadership of People Who Use Drugs in Research and Evidence Generation

 

INVITED SPEAKERS

Our invited speakers will discuss everything from conflict, repression and displacement to the evolving overdose crisis and the latest advances in hepatitis C elimination, injecting-related infections and integrated models of care.

Alla Bessonova, Eurasian Women’s Network on AIDS

Adapting Under Pressure: Harm Reduction Responses When Faced with Conflict, Repression, and Displacement

Mari Chokheli, Innovations For Change

Adapting Under Pressure: Harm Reduction Responses When Faced with Conflict, Repression, and Displacement

Vitali Rabinciuc, Eurasian Network of People who Use Drugs

Adapting Under Pressure: Harm Reduction Responses When Faced with Conflict, Repression, and Displacement

Thomas Brothers, Dalhousie University, Canada

Clinical Management for Injecting-Related Injuries and Infections

Gregory Dore, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney

Hepatitis C Elimination: What Works and What Innovations Are Ahead

Nittaya Phanuphak, Institute of HIV Research and Innovation, Thailand

Strategies that Support Integrated Infectious Disease Responses

Thomas Clausen, European Union Drugs Agency

European Overdose Trends 

 

Daniel Ciccarone, University of California

North American Overdose Crisis

 

Magdalena Bartnik, PREKURSOR Foundation

Overdose Responses in Poland and Eastern Europe: