Category Archives: News of substance addiction

Are people who misuse methamphetamine at risk for contracting HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B and C?

Methamphetamine misuse raises the risk of contracting or transmitting HIV and hepatitis B and C—not only for individuals who inject the drug but also for noninjecting methamphetamine users.

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Nov
Online training course: Home care instructions for people with COVID-19 – Session 3: Psychological issues of COVID-19 patients at home and some interventions

In the afternoon of October 7, the Center for Training and Research on Substance abuse and HIV, Hanoi Medical University, successfully organized and completed the third session of the online training course: HOME CARE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH COVID-19.

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Oct
Methamphetamine-involved overdose deaths nearly tripled between 2015 to 2019, NIH study finds

Overdose deaths involving methamphetamine nearly tripled from 2015 to 2019 among people ages 18-64 in the United States, according to a study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health.

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Oct
Online training course: Home care instructions for people with COVID-19 – Session 2: Home care instructions for COVID-19 patients who have HIV or are undergoing Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT)

In the afternoon of September 30, the Center for Training and Research on Substance Abuse - HIV, Hanoi Medical University has successfully organized and completed the second session of the online training course: HOME CARE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH COVID-19.

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Oct
Online training course: Home care instructions for people with COVID-19 – Session 1: Home care instructions for people with COVID-19

In the afternoon of September 16, the Center for Training and Research on Substance Abuse - HIV, Hanoi Medical University successfully organized the first session of the training series: HOME CARE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH COVID-19.

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Sep
Group Education training course for staffs working at Methadone clinics (STAR-OM)

On August 19 and 20, 2021, the Center for Training and Research on Substance Abuse - HIV (CREATA-H), has successfully organized a training session on Group Education for staffs working within substance use intervention treatment at Methadone clinic in Long Bien, Hanoi.

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Sep
Online session: Improving capacity to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic

In the afternoon of August 12, 2021, the Center for Training and Research on Substance Abuse - HIV, Hanoi Medical University successfully organized an online session on "Improving capacity to response to the Covid-19 pandemic” within the framework of the ITTC Vietnam project.

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Aug
More than 1.5 million children lost a primary or secondary caregiver due to the COVID-19 pandemic

More than 1.5 million children around the world are estimated to have lost at least one parent, custodial grandparent, or grandparent who lived with them due to death related to COVID-19 during the first 14 months of the pandemic, according to a study published today in The Lancet.

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Aug
NIH-funded study tests “one-stop” mobile clinics to deliver HIV, substance use care

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 1 in 10 new HIV diagnoses in the United States are attributed-in whole or in part-to injection drug use.

17
Aug
Words matter: language can reduce mental health and addiction stigma, NIH leaders say

Leaders from the National Institutes of Health address how using appropriate language to describe mental illness and addiction can help to reduce stigma and improve how people with these conditions are treated in health care settings and throughout society.

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Aug