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16 octubre 2012

Novedades sobre leyes y políticas en Japón

El enfoque de Japón ante el tráfico y el consumo de drogas siempre se ha centrado en la criminalización estricta y el castigo severo, incluso en los casos de infracciones más leves.
16 octubre 2012

Novedades sobre leyes y políticas en Tailandia

Este documento informativo examina y analiza las leyes y normas vigentes que afectan a las políticas de drogas y la reducción de daños en el país, así como las últimas novedades y los cambios recientes que han influido en los movimientos que trabajan en estos ámbitos en Tailandia.
16 octubre 2012

La retórica y el camino al infierno: el régimen internacional de control de estupefacientes y el acceso a medicamentos esenciales

Cincuenta años después de que se estableciera formalmente el régimen internacional de control de estupefacientes, el 80 por ciento de la población del mundo tiene un acceso escaso o nulo a los opioides medicinales para el alivio del dolor y el sufrimiento; mientras tanto, los problemas globales relacionados con la adicción a estas sustancias siguen sin resolverse.
16 octubre 2012

Guía para la puesta en marcha de servicios de hepatitis C para adultos

Para reducir los contagios de hepatitis C, es fundamental que los gerentes de la salud pública sean conscientes de la importancia de los programas de detección y de las actividades de educación. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo. Suscríbase a las Alertas mensuales del IDPC para recibir información sobre cuestiones relacionadas con políticas sobre drogas. The number of people who die from liver disease in England has risen by 25% in the last decade. This is in contrast to the other major causes of death in this country, which affect fewer people at a later age than ever before, while liver disease affects growing numbers of increasingly younger people. Liver disease causes approximately 2% of all deaths 90% of people who die from liver disease are under 70 years old More than 1-in-10 deaths of people in their 40s are from liver disease People dying from liver disease often have complex end of life care needs and over 70% die in hospital The NHS and Public Health Outcomes Frameworks both set an ambition for reduction of mortality in people under 75 years from liver disease. The main causes of liver disease are alcohol abuse, obesity and viral hepatitis B and C. The Office of National Statistics has listed hepatitis C as the only liver disease which is ‘amenable’, meaning death from hepatitis C can be avoided through good quality healthcare. It also lists hepatitis C and other liver diseases are ‘preventable’, meaning death can be avoided by public health interventions in the broadest sense. As hepatitis C is curable and as such the only liver disease deemed amenable to intervention, addressing hepatitis C will be crucial in efforts to achieve a reduction in mortality from liver disease. The inclusion of under-75 mortality rate from liver disease within the Commissioning Outcomes Framework means commissioners at clinical commissioning group level will have a major role to play in ensuring that services are commissioned that focus on the identification of people with, and those at risk of contracting, hepatitis C. Hepatitis C is included within four of the five domains in the NHS Outcomes Framework 2012/13 Technical Appendix. The Public Health Outcomes Framework shares this outcome on reducing the under-75 mortality rate from liver disease. The working draft of the Guidance to Support the Provision of Healthcare Public Health Advice to Clinical Commissioning Groups for Directors of Public Health highlights in its appendix the importance of protection functions including blood borne virus prevention and case identification for hepatitis C and other blood borne viruses. To reduce the transmission of hepatitis C it is crucial that Directors of Public Health are aware of the importance of screening programmes and education. Keep up-to-date with drug policy developments by subscribing to the IDPC Monthly Alert.