Experiences of resilience in the face of the challenges imposed on service delivery and clients' health by the COVID-19 pandemic underscore the importance of meaningfully engaging affected communities in responses to adverse events.
The memories of our loved ones, as well as the grief from their untimely departures, strengthens our commitment to rid the world from the violence and neglect that forces harm against people who use drugs.
Ahead of International Overdose Awareness Day, Rome Consensus 2.0 partners and allies underscore the importance of evidence-based responses to reduce overdose deaths.
Responses to HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs should be informed by the unequivocal evidence substantiating the centrality of harm reduction, decriminalisation and community leadership.
A local / regional supply source, in a conducive policy context, can go a long way reducing the barriers in access to controlled medicines for palliative care.
The seven principles hinge on: human rights-compliance, meaningful engagement, focus on risks and harms, pragmatism, person-centredness, evidence, and accountability.
In a speech characteristically riddled with expletives and threats, Duterte rejected offering accountability for the thousands of extrajudicial killings in the country's 'war on drugs'.