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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32 Matching Resources Found
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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... -
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 ... -
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... -
Blueprint for Reforming Access to Opioid Medications, Entry Points for International Action to Remove the Policy Barriers to Care and Treatments
Opioids medicines are the standard of care for treating severe pain. Drugs like methadone and buprenorphine have proven effective in trea... -
Reforming Access To Therapeutic Opioids: Tools for Rapid Policy Assessment and Response
The Rapid Policy Assessment and Response (RPAR) is an intervention that mobilizes local knowledge and capacity to influence health policy... -
INCB Launches 2010 Special Supplement Report on Ensuring Availability of Controlled Drugs for Medical and Scientifc Purposes
The 2010 Annual Report of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) was launched on March 2, 2011 in various locations around t... -
Access to therapeutic opioid medications in Europe by 2011? Fifty years on from the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
Nearly 50 years after the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, the importance of this statement continues to hold true and is reinforced ... -
Single Covention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961, as ammended by the 1972 Protocol amending the Single Convention on Narcotic, Drugs, 1961.
The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is the primary international treaty on Narcotic drugs. National drug control laws and their admin...
