Gum and dental disease are the most common diseases in the world and are especially prevalent among people who use drugs.
Manager of the oral health service at North Richmond Community Health, which hosts one of ...
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Maintaining confidentiality, anonymity and trust is not only good practice, it’s vital to delivering a quality NSP service.
Clean needle program (CNP) worker Sue Brownbill, who works as a Hepatitis SA peer educator at Anglicare Elizabeth ...
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Called pharmacotherapy by frontline workers and ‘The Done’ and ‘subbies’ by people who inject drugs – knowing about Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Dependence (MATOD) is an important skill in the NSP worker’s toolkit.
Pharmacist Lachlan ...
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Eliminating hepatitis C in Australia is now a real possibility, thanks to new direct-acting antiviral (DAA) drugs and the removal of two significant barriers to treatment according to Penington Institute Deputy CEO Dr Stephen McNally.
At ...
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The cost of pain in Australia
Deloitte Access Economics for Pain Australia
This report establishes the local and Australia wide socioeconomic impact of pain, and includes a cost effectiveness analysis of health interventions that could reduce the ...
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