Resources

Drug Consumption Rooms are also known as 'medically supervised injecting centres', ‘safe injecting facilities’, ‘safe injecting sites’ or 'drug injection rooms', or ‘drug fixing rooms’.  Some provide space for safe injection only, while majority of DCRs also provide places to smoke or snort drugs. There are even 'smoking only' consumption rooms.

Over nine million people are incarcerated in penal institutions worldwide. High rates of HIV and other infectious diseases in prisons can lead to alarmingly high rates of mortality among prisoners. Negative public attitudes towards people in detention act as a barrier to objective and pragmatic discussions of prison health policy.

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections account for a substantial proportion of liver diseases worldwide. The two viruses share same modes of transmission, coinfection is not uncommon, especially among high risk populations.

Overdose deaths are preventable.  Harm reduction offers evidence-based tools and strategies that reduce the risk of dying from a drug overdose. Almost 200 people die from an overdose every day, which equals 70,000 avoidable deaths every year.

People who use drugs can be supported with information to mitigate the risk of an overdose and to stop an overdose while it’s happening.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, and the disease has since spread worldwide, leading to a pandemic.

Civil Society involvement in public health and harm reduction. Civil society can be understood as the "third sector" of society, distinct from government and business, and including the family and the private sphere.

Outreach work, drop-in centre work, other drugs and alcohol street work

Social work concerns itself with individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole in an effort to meet basic needs and enhance social functioning, self-determination, collective responsibility, optimal health, and overall well-being.

12 key resources recommended by SO-PREP, to answer burning questions:

• Does Europe face an opioid crisis?
• What is the public health response to fentanyl?
• What is the future of synthetic opioids?
• How does the addiction landscape evolve?
• What are the global threats of NPS in the context of Covid-19 pandemic?

Stimulant drugs speed up the messages travelling between the brain and the body. And so, they typically increase the pulse and breathing rate, elevate blood pressure, suppress the appetite and dilate the pupils. Cocaine, methamphetamine, MDMA, khat, nicotine are examples of stimulants.

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a chronic, potentially life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV damages human immune system and interferes with one's body's ability to fight disease.

Old people and issues of aging.

Syringe and needle exchange projects

• Project information and project leaflet
• Briefing papers, Fact sheets
• Project reports

Problems with drugs or alcohol can be part of a person’s spiral into homelessness. While not everyone who has problems with alcohol or drugs becomes homeless and not every homeless person has problems with substance abuse, these issues have a high prevalence amongst the homeless people.

Drug policy analysis

All other HR interventions

• EU good practices of generic health emergency preparedness protocols
• Good practices of SO preparedness in the EU and needs and challenges
• In-depth analysis of SO preparedness of 5 countries in the EU
• Guidelines and recommendations on health emergency preparedness regarding SO
• Concluding report on EU-wide SO preparedness and recommendations

People who inject drugs (also known as PWID).