Este Informe técnico de la red INPUD explica cómo la cobertura sanitaria universal puede ser tanto una oportunidad como una preocupación para la salud y los derechos de las personas que usan drogas. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.
As UHC becomes a reality, communities such as people who use drugs must be allowed to continue their role as independent watchdogs. Communities must lobby for an accountability framework that enables governments to be held to account. Stigma and discrimination towards people who use drugs in health care settings must be challenged and addressed through investment and training of appropriately skilled health care workers and other medical staff. For Universal Health Coverage to truly work for people who use drugs, the following should be taken into consideration:
UHC can work for people who use drugs and can be used to ensure people who use drugs are not left behind. But this will not happen unless communities are vocal, visible, coherent, knowledgeable and assertive in their demand to be included. It is their right, but this does not mean that it will be automatically respected. As always, communities will have to work and agitate for their rights to be respected.