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Survival Strategies While Using Drugs Alone from People Who Use Drugs

This guide aims to uplift the voices of people who use drugs and educate others about the contexts of their lives, strategies employed for survival in the midst of a fatal overdose crisis, and suggestions for improvements to harm reduction and public health messaging with regards to never use drugs alone.

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A Guide for People Who Use Drugs, by People Who Use Drugs

People who use drugs may use drugs alone from time to time. This resource was created by people who use drugs for people who use drugs to be safer when they use.

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Racial disparity in excess mortality in Brazil during COVID-19 times

This study evaluated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on excess mortality by race/skin color in Brazil over the course of nine months in 2020. Excess mortality among black/brown populations was remarkably higher compared to the white population, being as high as 26.3%, and accounting for 58.9% of excess deaths.

New Research Underscores That Childhood Stunting From Air Pollution is a Global Health Threat

The relationship between air pollution and child stunting has been largely overlooked but new research offers updated evidence on the link. We spoke to Vivian Pun, epidemiologist in Vital Strategies' Environmental Health division and author on the new paper, to learn more about what the team found.

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The COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Civil Registration of Births and Deaths and on Availability and Utility of Vital Events Data

This report conveys findings from a search of country and development agency websites and partner and media reports describing disruptions to the civil registration of births and deaths associated with COVID-19 restrictions. It discusses the implications for decision-makers facing an acute need for timely and reliable data, particularly on mortality.

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COVID-19 Could Have Been Contained – New Report Shows How Countries Successfully Beat Infectious Disease Outbreaks Before They Became Epidemics

Epidemics That Didn’t Happen: First-of-Its-Kind Interactive Report from Resolve to Save Lives Highlights Global Epidemic Response Successes.

Tackling Tuberculosis With Tried and Tested Mass Media Campaigns

Public health mass media campaigns can be a powerful strategy for addressing the TB epidemic.

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Ambient and household air pollution on early-life determinants of stunting—a systematic review and meta-analysis

Stunting is an important risk factor for early growth and health implications throughout the life course, yet until recently, studies have rarely focused on populations exposed to high levels of particulate matter pollution or on developing countries most vulnerable to stunting and its associated health and developmental impacts.

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Legal Authority for Emergency Medical Services to Increase Access to Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

This article describes the federal legal landscape that governs the ability of emergency medical services professionals to administer buprenorphine treatment, and discusses state and local regulatory considerations relevant to this promising and emerging practice that can reduce opioid overdose fatalities.

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Integrating human services and criminal justice data with claims data to predict risk of opioid overdose among Medicaid beneficiaries: A machine-learning approach

Health system data incompletely capture the social risk factors for drug overdose. This study aimed to improve the accuracy of a machine-learning algorithm to predict opioid overdose risk by integrating human services and criminal justice data with health claims data to capture the social determinants of overdose risk in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

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Survival Strategies While Using Drugs Alone from People Who Use Drugs

A Guide for People Who Use Drugs, by People Who Use Drugs

Racial disparity in excess mortality in Brazil during COVID-19 times

New Research Underscores That Childhood Stunting From Air Pollution is a Global Health Threat

The COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Civil Registration of Births and Deaths and on Availability and Utility of Vital Events Data

COVID-19 Could Have Been Contained – New Report Shows How Countries Successfully Beat Infectious Disease Outbreaks Before They Became Epidemics

Tackling Tuberculosis With Tried and Tested Mass Media Campaigns

Ambient and household air pollution on early-life determinants of stunting—a systematic review and meta-analysis

Legal Authority for Emergency Medical Services to Increase Access to Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

Integrating human services and criminal justice data with claims data to predict risk of opioid overdose among Medicaid beneficiaries: A machine-learning approach

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Survival Strategies While Using Drugs Alone from People Who Use Drugs

A Guide for People Who Use Drugs, by People Who Use Drugs

Racial disparity in excess mortality in Brazil during COVID-19 times

New Research Underscores That Childhood Stunting From Air Pollution is a Global Health Threat

The COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Civil Registration of Births and Deaths and on Availability and Utility of Vital Events Data

COVID-19 Could Have Been Contained – New Report Shows How Countries Successfully Beat Infectious Disease Outbreaks Before They Became Epidemics

Tackling Tuberculosis With Tried and Tested Mass Media Campaigns

Ambient and household air pollution on early-life determinants of stunting—a systematic review and meta-analysis

Legal Authority for Emergency Medical Services to Increase Access to Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder

Integrating human services and criminal justice data with claims data to predict risk of opioid overdose among Medicaid beneficiaries: A machine-learning approach

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