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COVID-19 Stimulant Use and Harm Reduction

Vital Strategies has joined partners Higher Ground Harm Reduction and Reynolds Health Strategies to create this COVID-19 harm reduction toolkit and fact sheets for people who use drugs.

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New Interactive Playbook Provides Critical Tool for World’s Public Health Decision-makers to Manage and Adapt COVID-19 Responses

Online tool synthesizes guidance documents and best practices from WHO, US CDC, and Africa CDC and links them to where countries are in the disease curve.

Statement on U.S. government’s decision to withhold funding from the World Health Organization

Statement from José Luis Castro, President and Chief Executive Officer, Vital Strategies, on the U.S. government’s decision to withhold funding from the World Health Organization (WHO).

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“There is only one adversary here: the coronavirus. It is in all our best interests to work with and strengthen the World Health Organization.”

Statement from José Luis Castro, President and Chief Executive Officer, Vital Strategies, on the U.S. government’s decision to withhold funding from the World Health Organization (WHO).

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Pennsylvania Governor Wolf Issues Executive Order to Allow Early Release for Vulnerable People in State Corrections

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf issued an order to release vulnerable inmates from state prisons in response to the growing threat of COVID-19 among those who are incarcerated.

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Overdose Prevention Is COVID-19 Prevention, Too

Filter Magazine: Overdose Prevention Op-Ed: People who use drugs also face socially produced vulnerabilities to COVID-19.

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State and Local Government Stakeholders Need to Take Decisive Action to Decarcerate in Response to COVID-19

As the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in prisons and jails continues to rise, Vital Strategies, a global health organization, is adding its voice to the growing movement of criminal justice and public health advocates calling on city and state governments to decarcerate to save lives.

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Clear Criteria Must Be Met Before Gradually Reopening After COVID-19 Outbreaks

Resolve to Save Lives Public Health experts Dr. Tom Frieden, Dr. Cyrus Shahpar, and Amanda McClelland, RN briefed reporters on benchmarks that communities in the United States and world must urgently reach before we can reopen society.

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Practicing Harm Reduction in the COVID-19 Outbreak

In partnership with harm reduction colleagues, we have developed guidance for syringe services/harm reduction providers and safer drug use in the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Michigan groups get money to combat opioid crisis

MLive: Michigan organizations are getting grants to combat opioid addiction in the state as part of a $10 million Michigan commitment from Bloomberg Philanthropies, Vital Strategies announced.

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