Public health and international drug policy
J Csete, A Kamarulzaman, M Kazatchkine, F Altice… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Executive summary In September, 2015, the member states of the UN endorsed Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030, which aspire to human-rights-centred approaches to …
Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030, which aspire to human-rights-centred approaches to …
Supervised injection services: what has been demonstrated? A systematic literature review
C Potier, V Laprévote, F Dubois-Arber… - Drug and alcohol …, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Supervised injection services (SISs) have been developed to promote
safer drug injection practices, enhance health-related behaviors among people who inject …
safer drug injection practices, enhance health-related behaviors among people who inject …
Needle syringe programmes and opioid substitution therapy for preventing hepatitis C transmission in people who inject drugs
L Platt, S Minozzi, J Reed, P Vickerman… - Cochrane Database …, 2017 - cochranelibrary.com
Needle syringe programmes and opioid substitution therapy for preventing hepatitis C
transmission in people who inject drugs - Platt, L - 2017 | Cochrane Library Skip to Content …
transmission in people who inject drugs - Platt, L - 2017 | Cochrane Library Skip to Content …
Situating the continuum of overdose risk in the social determinants of health: a new conceptual framework
Policy Points This article reconceptualizes our understanding of the opioid epidemic and
proposes six strategies that address the epidemic's social roots. In order to successfully …
proposes six strategies that address the epidemic's social roots. In order to successfully …
[HTML][HTML] Supervised injection facilities in Canada: past, present, and future
T Kerr, S Mitra, MC Kennedy, R McNeil - Harm reduction journal, 2017 - Springer
Canada has long contended with harms arising from injection drug use. In response to
epidemics of HIV infection and overdose in Vancouver in the mid-1990s, a range of actors …
epidemics of HIV infection and overdose in Vancouver in the mid-1990s, a range of actors …
Public health and public order outcomes associated with supervised drug consumption facilities: a systematic review
MC Kennedy, M Karamouzian, T Kerr - Current Hiv/aids Reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Supervised drug consumption facilities (SCFs) have
increasingly been implemented in response to public health and public order concerns …
increasingly been implemented in response to public health and public order concerns …
Prevention of HIV infection for people who inject drugs: why individual, structural, and combination approaches are needed
HIV can spread rapidly between people who inject drugs (through injections and sexual
transmission), and potentially the virus can pass to the wider community (by sexual …
transmission), and potentially the virus can pass to the wider community (by sexual …
Burden of disease and cost of chronic hepatitis C virus infection in Canada
RP Myers, M Krajden, M Bilodeau, K Kaita… - Canadian Journal of …, 2014 - hindawi.com
BACKGROUND: Chronic infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of cirrhosis,
hepatocellular carcinoma and liver transplantation. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the burden of …
hepatocellular carcinoma and liver transplantation. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the burden of …
Supervised consumption sites: a nuanced assessment of the causal evidence
Abstract Background and Aims Supervised consumption sites (SCS) operate in more than
10 countries. SCS have mostly emerged as a bottom‐up response to crises, first to HIV/AIDS …
10 countries. SCS have mostly emerged as a bottom‐up response to crises, first to HIV/AIDS …
The value of harm reduction for injection drug use: A clinical and public health ethics analysis
L Vearrier - Disease-a-Month, 2019 - Elsevier
The US is facing dual public health crises related to opioid overdose deaths and HIV.
Injection drug use is fueling both of these epidemics. The War on Drugs has failed to stem …
Injection drug use is fueling both of these epidemics. The War on Drugs has failed to stem …
