Resources
This collection of resources consists of advocacy resources, clinical guidance, legal/policy resources, research evidence, training materials / curricula, and technical guidance for reviewing and changing policies and practices to increase access to medicines for pain / palliative care and medication assisted therapy (MAT). We have consulted with and collected resources from experts in the fields of pain management / palliative care and HIV/AIDS / MAT to find examples of best policy and guidance documents for each field. DCAM’s aim is that this website is the beginning of an ever-expanding central repository for global information on access to opioid medications for pain management and MAT to serve as an information hub for advocates around the world. To send suggestions for resources we could add to this collection, send a message on our Contact page.
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New Article Summarizing the WHO Guidelines, Ensuring Balance in National Policies on Controlled Substances, Guidance for Availability and Accessibility of Controlled Medicines
A new article was recently published in the Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy, "Ensuring Patient Access to Essential... -
Drug Policy in Portugal: The Benefits of Decriminalizing Drug Use
In August 2011, the Open Society Foundations' Global Drug Policy Program announced the second volume in their series of reports that d... -
Bolivia withdraws from Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs: implications??
On June 22, 2011, the Bolivian Congress accepted a request from the Bolivian President, Evo Morales to temporarily withdraw from the S... -
Curtailing Diversion and Abuse of Opioid Analgesics without Jeopardizing Pain Treatment
A commentary by Nora Volkow, Director of National Institute on Drug Abuse, and Thomas McLellan, the former Deputy Director of the Offi... -
HIV and Injecting Drug Use: A Global Call for Action
A recent editorial from the Lancet asserts that people who inject drugs have been neglected in global efforts to scale up access to HI... -
New WHO Policy Guidelines for Ensuring Balance in National Opioid Policies
DCAM is pleased to share the news that theAccess to Opioid Medications in Europe (ATOME) project has recently released an updated WHO ... -
Opioid Substitution Therapy in Resouce-Poor Settings
An article describing the need for better prevention of HIV transmission among and from injecting drug users in resource-poor settings... -
Opioid Substitution Therapy in Resource Poor-Settings
An article describing the need for better prevention of HIV transmission among and from injecting drug users in resource-poor settings. ... -
PEPFAR and Ukraine: A Partnership to Stop the Spread of HIV
A recent blog post from Ambassador Eric Goosby, the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, about a PEPFAR partnership with Ukraine. Goosby des... -
Ensuring Balance in National Policies on Controlled Substances, Guidance for Availability and Accessibility for Controlled Medicines
The WHO Policy Guidelines for Controlled Substances provide guidance on policies and legislation with regards to availability, accessibil...
