Sentences with phrase «increasing access to medications»

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.

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 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.

One key to battling the epidemic is increasing access to medication - assisted treatment, the most efficacious of which is methadone, Abraham said.

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.

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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 TanAccess Initiative, with programs to dramatically increase access to HIV medication in South Africa and Tanaccess 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.