For most drug users and people who work with them, overdose is an urgent issue. Many AIDS, harm reduction, and other drug service organizations have created programs to educate people who use drugs about overdose prevention and response techniques; to distribute naloxone—a safe and highly effective opioid overdose antidote that is included in the World Health Organization’s Model List of Essential Medicines; and to document the extent of overdose and the success of responses. But funding has been limited.
Recently, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and PEPFAR both issued guidance that they will support these kinds of overdose prevention activities. Service providers should ensure that overdose services are available to their drug-using clients directly or through local referral networks.
This document, prepared by overdose experts Matt Curtis and Nab Dasgupta for OSI and EHRN, presents evidence and arguments that organizations can make to AIDS funders to show that overdose prevention and response matter for HIV programming.
The document is available in English and Russian at this link: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/health/focus/ihrd/articles_publications/publications/why-overdose-matters-20100715
For your reference:
The Global Fund’s harm reduction information note for Round 10: http://www.theglobalfund.org/documents/rounds/10/R10_InfoNote_HarmReduction_en.pdf
PEPFAR’s IDU Guidance: http://www.pepfar.gov/documents/organization/144970.pdf
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