Resources

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.

Vital Strategies, together with partners from the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative, has developed a series of technical guides, drawing on international standards, tools and concepts and provide users with practical and operational advice and strategic planning support for targeted CRVS system strengthening efforts.

Strengthening civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems can be challenging. Based on lessons learned from countries around the world, the CRVS Systems Improvement Framework provides countries with the tools to assess and improve their CRVS systems and processes. This self-guided e-learning course is designed to help learners implement the Framework.

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.