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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43 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... -
Curtailing Diversion and Abuse of Opioid Analgesics without Jeopardizing Pain Treatment
A commentary by Nora Volkow, Director of National Institute on Drug Abuse, and Thomas McLellan, the former Deputy Director of the Offi... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
WHO, INCB, UNDG Letter to Country Resident Coordinators, February 4, 2011
On February 4, 2011, the heads of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Group and the International Narcotics Con... -
INCB, WHO, UNDG Letter Calls on UN Country Resident Coordinators to Improve Availability of Controlled Medicines, February 2011
On February 4, 2011, the heads of the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Group and the International Narcotics ... -
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 ...
