Expert Q&A You Can’t End Overdose without Harm Reduction: Q & A with “The Harm Reduction Gap” author Dr. Sheila Vakharia Vital Strategies spoke with Dr. Sheila Vakharia about her new book, The Harm Reduction Gap, and how we can help end the overdose crisis.
Press Room New Research Finds a Third of States Restrict Access to Lifesaving Medicine for Opioid Use Disorder Low-barrier medication access is urgently needed to reduce overdose deaths; some state laws make that impossible.
Press Room NASEM Hosts Historic Convening on Harm Reduction Services for People Who Use Drugs This historic event will gather key experts, including individuals with lived experience, alongside federal officials to consider strategies for harm reduction services for people who use drugs.
Press Room To Battle Spiraling Overdose Rates in Black Communities in Pennsylvania, Innovative Programs Bring Harm Reduction Into Local Neighborhoods Vital Strategies Partners with Scattergood Foundation to Fund Nine BIPOC-Led Organizations for Mobile and Street Outreach Teams, Media Campaigns, and Resource Distribution.
Press Room As Overdose Rates Spiral in Black Communities, Vital Strategies and Scattergood Foundation Launch $450,000 Grants Program To Advance Racial Equity in Pennsylvania Funded projects will focus on racial disparities in overdose deaths and promoting harm reduction throughout Pennsylvania.
Press Room U.S. Supreme Court’s Overturn of Roe Is a Tragic Setback for Health, Rights The Unites States Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe V. Wade ended women’s constitutional right to an abortion after almost fifty years.
Press Room Vital Strategies Wins “Social Justice Campaign” Category for Overdose Prevention Work at Annual PR Daily Content Marketing Awards Work by global health organization Vital Strategies won two categories at the annual PR Daily Content Marketing Awards.
Press Room In Tragic First, Overdose Deaths Pass 100,000 in One Year 100,000 lives lost is a tragic milestone, and an indictment of health and social systems that are failing to protect people who use drugs.
Press Room Available for interview: As overdose deaths top 93,000, concern that key public health response will remain unsupported. Ahead of of International Overdose Awareness Day on August 31, Daliah Heller, Director of Drug Use Initiatives at Vital Strategies, is available for interviews.
Press Room Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Vital Strategies Launch Public Arts Campaign To Illustrate Impact of Drug Overdose Crisis MDHHS and Vital Strategies are partnering with community-based organizations to launch a public arts campaign aimed at broadening awareness of the drug overdose crisis in Michigan.