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Pharmacy Standing Order for Narcan Distribution Linked to Reduction in Overdose Deaths

BU School of Public Health Blog

Expanding access to naloxone through state-mandated standing orders saved lives and reduced opioid fatality rates across communities,” says study lead and corresponding author Ziming Xuan , professor of community health sciences and epidemiology.

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Moving beyond “vaguely interested”. Wanless 20 years on.

Sheffield DPH

Public Health” in almost all guises won’t deliver results fast enough on the right now issues. In the medium to long term pretty much everybody says “public health” is “the answer” In whole or in part. Some talk about “prevention” or “public health”. Not into health. Of that there is no doubt.