Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Key Findings from RAND Health's Research on Opioid Policy

06/29/2018 12:00 AM EDT

This policy brief highlights key findings from RAND research on opioid-related issues across a spectrum of policy areas, including prevention, treatment, quality of care, and supply. It discusses how opioid dependence increases the risk of multiple harms, including health problems, car accidents, and overdoses (both fatal and nonfatal).

HIV and Infant Feeding in Emergencies: Operational Guidance

06/29/2018 12:00 AM EDT

This 52-page operational guidance, developed with the World Health Organization and UNICEF, outlines the duration of breastfeeding and support from health services to improve infant feeding practices among mothers living with HIV. It is intended to be used to complement emergency and sectoral guidelines on health, nutrition, and HIV, including specifically infant feeding, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, and pediatric anti-retroviral treatment.