Synthetic Opioid key responses
- Mapping evidence-based key responses to synthetic opioids and their implementation strategies
- Field-tested Toolkit with seven implementation guides
I'm the Evidence: Naloxone Works! (Italy)
Video produced as a result of "Training of Peer Distribution of Naloxone and Video Advocacy", organized in Vilnius, Lithuania, September 1-5, 2014, by Eurasian Harm Reduction Network.
I'm the Evidence: Naloxone Works! (France)
Video produced as a result of "Training of Peer Distribution of Naloxone and Video Advocacy", organized in Vilnius, Lithuania, September 1-5, 2014, by Eurasian Harm Reduction Network.
I'm the Evidence: Naloxone Works! (Estonia)
Video produced as a result of "Training of Peer Distribution of Naloxone and Video Advocacy", organized in Vilnius, Lithuania, September 1-5, 2014, by Eurasian Harm Reduction Network.
I'm the Evidence: Naloxone Works! (Denmark)
Video produced as a result of "Training of Peer Distribution of Naloxone and Video Advocacy", organized in Vilnius, Lithuania, September 1-5, 2014, by Eurasian Harm Reduction Network.
Methadone – a guide for providers
Short guidelines for penal institutions on how to use methadone
OVERDOSE Prevention and Response A Guide for People Who Use Drugs and Harm Reduction Staff in Eastern Europe and Central Asia by Matt Curtis and Lydia Guterman
This book, created by experienced overdose trainers and reviewed by peers and medical professionals, is intended as a resource for the development and implementation of overdose prevention and response programs by drug user activist groups and harm reduction organizations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Fact Sheet - Preventiong and reducing drug overdoses
Latest evidence from the EMCDDA shows that drug overdose deaths in Europe have risen for the third consecutive year (2 ). A total of 8 441 overdose deaths, mainly related to heroin and other opioids, are estimated to have occurred in Europe in 2015 (28 EU, Turkey and Norway), representing a 6% increase on the 2014 figure of 7 950 in the 30 countries.
Preventing Overdose Deaths in Europe
Reducing drug-related deaths therefore remains a major challenge for public health policy. This analysis describes some of the factors that increase the risk of fatal and non-fatal overdoses and a number of interventions developed to prevent these events
Increased Presence of Fentanyl in Cocaine Involved Fatal Overdoses: Implications for Prevention
This study aims to determine the contribution of opioids, and fentanyl in particular, to the increase in cocaine-involved overdose death from 2015 to 2016.
