One key to battling the epidemic is
increasing access to medication - assisted treatment, the most efficacious of which is methadone, Abraham said.
The National Institute of Drug Abuse has found that
increasing access to medication assisted treatment decreases opioid use, deaths related to overdoses, crime and the transmission of diseases, Boyle said, though the approach is not being used enough.
Singer Elton John says his foundation's partnership with the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to
increase access to medication for HIV and AIDS patients makes «complete sense.»
The new effort aims to stop the Hepatitis C virus in its tracks by
increasing access to medications that can cure Hepatitis C and expanding programs to connect New Yorkers in high - risk communities with wrap - around Hepatitis C prevention, screenings and treatment services.
In order to address these barriers and
increase access to Medication Management Reviews (MMRs) and HMRs for Indigenous people, Ms Swain suggested that pharmacists need more cultural training in Indigenous issues and also that there is a need for more salaried pharmacists in rural areas.
Not exact matches
For example, it may be
increasing access to essential
medication by having lower prices than competitors and a convenient delivery model, and it may be improving quality of care by building trust with its customers.
The city is also
increasing access to Naloxone, a
medication that can reverse overdoses from opioid analgesics and heroin.
Along with the Harm Reduction Coalition, the Drug Policy Alliance and VOCAL - NY are urging state legislators
to instead
increase access to naloxone, an anti-overdose
medication, drug diversion programs and post-overdose counseling.
U.S. Health & Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell last year proposed a response, calling for a program
to change doctors» opioid prescribing practices,
to expand the use of naloxone, a drug used
to reverse the effects of an opioid overdoses, and
increase patient
access to medication assisted treatments for opioid use disorders.
In a video tribute released on Wednesday, former U.S. President Bill Clinton recalled that Lange was one of the first partners of the Clinton Health
Access Initiative, with programs to dramatically increase access to HIV medication in South Africa and Tan
Access Initiative, with programs
to dramatically
increase access to HIV medication in South Africa and Tan
access to HIV
medication in South Africa and Tanzania.
Earlier this year, President Obama announced an initiative
to increase access to effective
medications for treating opioid addiction — specifically, buprenorphine and naloxone.
Our main goals are
to increase awareness of eczema as a public health issue and
to protect and improve
access to services and
medications for people whose lives are impacted by this disease.
In cases such as the hazing death at M.I.T., the wrongful death of Milena DelValle in the «Big Dig» tunnel collapse, and the devastating adverse drug reaction suffered by a child after taking an over-the-counter
medication, MBBB has helped its clients, while at the same time helping society through settlements that have created a safer environment for college students,
increased access to defibrillators in public settings, and many other public improvements.
The aging population,
increasing demand for
medications to treat chronic diseases, scientific advances, and more people with
access to health care all contribute
to the 14 percent projected growth in employment for pharmacists from 2012
to 2020.
Interventions are needed
to expand
access to abortion services through better equipping existing facilities, ensuring adequate and continuous supplies of
medication abortion drugs, and by
increasing the number of trained providers.
Research is needed
to test interventions that improve knowledge and practice in providing
medication abortion, and the Indian Government at the national and state level needs
to prioritise improving policies and practice
to increase access to comprehensive abortion care and quality contraceptive services that prevent unintended pregnancy.
While quantitative evidence also showed more Indigenous Australians were registering for the PIP - IHI, having health assessments and obtaining subsidised prescription
medications through a PBS Co-payment, it is not clear
to what extent these data reflect an actual
increase in
access to high - quality PHC services.
This change will provide
increased access to safe and effective
medication abortion throughout the country.