All Resources for 'Policy, Governance & International Affairs'

Exploring Opioid Overdose Incidence in a Cohort of People Who Inject Drugs

Format
Video and audio recordings
Themes
Addiction
Data
Public Health

This seminar provides a preliminary examination of the range of information available on opioid overdose in Australia’s largest and only active cohort study of people who use drugs.

Penny Hill from the Burnet Institute explores a range of...

Systemic Review of Systemic Reviews Finds Numerous and Diverse Harms with Marijuana Use

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Populations
Men

Researchers attempted to assess the global harms associated with marijuana use and potentially define risky marijuana use in a systematic review of systematic reviews. Forty-four systematic reviews including over 1053 diverse studies were...

Covid-19: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Website

Format
Website
Themes
Data
Prevention
Public Health

The COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly evolving, and outbreak investigations are ongoing. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is closely monitoring this outbreak, providing risk assessments, public health guidance, and...

Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases Public Dashboard

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Website
Themes
Data

Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) offers this public dashboard of worldwide confirmed cases, recoveries and deaths aggregating WHO, CDC, ECDC, NHC and DXY data in real time.

This source is unique...

Codependency on Drug Abusers' Mothers

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Women

Desirée Molina, A. Villalobos. José Félix Ribas Foundation, Venezuela

Codependency has been described as a significant health risk behavior, particularly for women, because codependent women are often involved in abusive and harmful...

Coronavirus COVID-19 Information Summary

Format
Website
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Data

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers this situational summary and latest updates page for Coronavirus COVID-19.

The page includes information regarding:

  • How coronvirus is spread
  • Symptoms
  • Prevention and...

Cognitive Outcomes of Young Children After Prenatal Exposure to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Women

Abstract

Importance: The number of children with prenatal opioid exposure to medication for addiction treatment (MAT) with methadone and buprenorphine for maternal opioid use disorder is increasing, but the associations of this exposure...