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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34 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... -
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... -
AIDS Project Management Group, Literature review: The role of law enforcement in facilitating access to medical opioids
Clearly a system of control that interferes with safe patient access to medical opioids defeats the purpose of the Conventions and the co... -
Palliative Care in Developing Countries
A recent News article (see attached) in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI) by Kristine Crane outlines the efforts of ... -
Palliative Care Gains Ground in Developing Countries
A recent News article in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI) by Kristine Crane outlines the efforts of several organizati... -
Cancer Pain Relief and Palliative Care: Report of the WHO Expert Committee on Cancer Pain Relief and Active Supportive Care (technical report series 804)
This technical report summarizes the findings of the WHO Expert Committee on Cancer Pain Relief and Active Supportive Care, which met in ... -
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 ... -
Needless Pain: Government Failure to Provide Palliative Care for Children in Kenya, September 2010
A report by Human Rights Watch highlighting that most Kenyan children with diseases such as cancer or HIV/AIDS are unable to get pa... -
Cancer doctors pledge to widen access to pain relief in developing countries, August 2010
A news article published in the August 26 issue of the British Medical Journal highlights a recently-launched initiative, Global Acces...
