In October 2010, the Harm Reduction Coalition, a national advocacy and capacity-building organization, surveyed 50 programmes known to distribute naloxone in the United States, to collect data on local programme locations, naloxone distribution, and overdose reversals.
Of 30 European countries, 24 sanction prison OMT, but only eight provide coverage that matches average EU community levels. It is important to challenge negative perceptions of prison OMT and promote equivalence of care and continuity of treatment.
Fornecer educação sobre a overdose opiácea e sobre a naloxona a pessoas que usam drogas e a pessoas que poderão estar presentes numa overdose opiácea pode ajudar a reduzir a mortalidade associada à overdose opiácea, uma preocupação de saúde pública em rápido crescimento.
This article reviews some common examples of new recreational drugs, and provides a framework for conducting an interview in the primary care setting with people who may have problems with their use.
Myanmar produced an estimated 610 tonnes in 2011, making it the world's second-biggest opium supplier after Afghanistan. Now, emerging from half a century of military dictatorship, Myanmar says it wants to buck that trend.
Este relatório baseia-se em dados recentemente recolhidos no terreno em numerosos países onde a Aliança Internacional VIH/SIDA actua, para explicar porque a crise no financiamento requer uma acção urgente por parte dos doadores do Global Fund e outros interessados.
This report draws on recently collected field data from numerous countries where the International HIV/AIDS Alliance operates to explain why the funding crisis requires urgent action on the part of Global Fund donors and all other stakeholders.
Цель настоящего документа – обзор ситуации с предоставлением ОЗТ в странах Восточной Европы и Центральной Азии с акцентом на ее доступности и качестве услуг.
An Irish-designed psychological test can successfully predict whether a person dependent on cocaine will attend treatment and how successful the treatment will be.
This briefing summarises the links between interpersonal violence and illicit drug use, identifies risk factors for involvement in drug-related violence, outlines prevention measures that address drug-related violence, and explores the role of public health in prevention.
This guidance aims to aid primary care clinicians and others in the use of substitute medication for opioid dependence when prescribing for maintenance or detoxification.
Um artigo na secção de saúde do “Irish Independent” descreve a investigação recente do Departamento de Psicologia do Professor Dermont Barnes-Holmes e seus colegas, que levou ao desenvolvimento de um teste que pode estabelecer a probabilidade de sucesso ou fracasso de tratamentos de reabilitação de dependentes de cocaína.
