In Memory of Jude Byrne
Remembering a champion and advocate
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adly, on 5 March this year, Jude Byrne passed away.
In Jude’s passing we lost a truly international champion of harm reduction and a wonderful advocate for drug users’ rights. Jude was instrumental in establishing the Australian Injecting and
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Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL), the national drug user peer organisation, and most recently was the National Coordinator (BBV & STI Peer-Based Policies and Programs) at AIVL. Jude’s outstanding contribution to harm
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reduction on a global level was formally recognised in 2011, when she was presented with the International Rolleston Award. Whether Jude was raising awareness about the issues for older drug users, women
