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On this page you will find the latest relevant updates on a broad range of health and policy related topics, including HIV, hepatitis C, drug use, overdose prevention, harm reduction, drug treatment and criminal justice.
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22 Oct 2016
Recently the Kenya Hospice and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA) staff visited a number of palliative care units in Kenya to follow up the progression of integration of palliative care.
22 Oct 2016
Recently the Kenya Hospice and Palliative Care Association (KEHPCA) staff visited a number of palliative care units in Kenya to follow up the progression of integration of palliative care.
Too little, too late: Why palliative care is vastly inadequate in India
21 Oct 2016
Most patients are referred for palliative care when all other treatments fail when they can be more comfortable much earlier.
21 Oct 2016
Most patients are referred for palliative care when all other treatments fail when they can be more comfortable much earlier.
Under Supervision: France tackles public injecting
21 Oct 2016
The first medically supervised injection centre in France opened this Tuesday in Paris.
21 Oct 2016
The first medically supervised injection centre in France opened this Tuesday in Paris.
Duterte says children killed in Philippines drug war are 'collateral damage'
20 Oct 2016
In an interview with al-Jazeera about minors caught up in the violence, Duterte said those cases would be investigated but added that police can kill hundreds of civilians without criminal liability.
20 Oct 2016
In an interview with al-Jazeera about minors caught up in the violence, Duterte said those cases would be investigated but added that police can kill hundreds of civilians without criminal liability.
Women-only supervised injection site planned in Vancouver
20 Oct 2016
A new mobile health team and a supervised injection site are planned for the Downtown Eastside to help an estimated 100 street-entrenched women.
20 Oct 2016
A new mobile health team and a supervised injection site are planned for the Downtown Eastside to help an estimated 100 street-entrenched women.
How Germany took a leap into the unknown to tackle its heroin problem
20 Oct 2016
Successful DCR in Berlin and other harm reduction measures is helping Germany’s DRDs to fall.
20 Oct 2016
Successful DCR in Berlin and other harm reduction measures is helping Germany’s DRDs to fall.
Why we ignore thousands of killings in the Philippines: The victims were drug users
19 Oct 2016
The many ways we dehumanize people with addiction.
19 Oct 2016
The many ways we dehumanize people with addiction.
IDHDP at Venice Global Addiction Conference “Striving for equity of treatment for people who inject drugs.”
17 Oct 2016
IDHDP had a major session at the conference on the importance of drug policy in the fight for equity for people who inject drugs.
17 Oct 2016
IDHDP had a major session at the conference on the importance of drug policy in the fight for equity for people who inject drugs.
‘At least 3,600 slaughtered’ in Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte’s first 100 days in office
16 Oct 2016
President says he intends to extend crackdown on drugs by 'maybe another six months'
16 Oct 2016
President says he intends to extend crackdown on drugs by 'maybe another six months'
Living and dying in pain: It doesn’t have to happen
8 Oct 2016
Seventy-five percent of the world population does not have adequate access to controlled medications for pain relief. As a result, millions of people suffer from pain which is avoidable and could be managed with proper access to the correct medications.
8 Oct 2016
Seventy-five percent of the world population does not have adequate access to controlled medications for pain relief. As a result, millions of people suffer from pain which is avoidable and could be managed with proper access to the correct medications.
