10/09/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA). Published: 9/26/2018. This one-hour, 30-minute webinar discusses legal trends in addressing the opioid crisis, and explores how state, local, and tribal jurisdictions are responding to the issue by enacting a wide variety of laws related to prevention of opioid overdose and deaths. Speakers also discuss current trends in opioid-related litigation, including recent suits filed by dozens of state, tribal, and local governments against opioid manufacturers. (Video or Multimedia)
10/09/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH). Published: 9/26/2018. This one-hour presentation discusses antimicrobial resistance, with a focus on national strategies to improve antibiotic use, the impact of antimicrobial resistance on patient outcomes using big data, and hospital antibiotic use. Speakers detail options, which are primarily the reduction of transmission of resistant organisms, and reduction of the selection pressure for resistance. (Video or Multimedia)
10/09/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Published: 9/18/2018. This one-hour, one-minute panel discussion describes how tracking birth defects and monitoring health outcomes of pregnant women and infants can help in prevention and treatment efforts by providing real-time information through surveillance. Speakers discuss how emerging health threats are a concern for everyone, yet pregnant women and infants are particularly vulnerable. For example, infection with the Zika virus or having untreated syphilis during pregnancy can cause a miscarriage or devastating birth defects. (Video or Multimedia)
10/09/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC). Published: 9/5/2018. This 59-minute webinar examines the United States opioid epidemic at the state level, analyzing trends in overdose deaths from heroin and other opioids, such as prescription painkillers. Using data available through the State Health Access Data Assistance Center’s State Health Compare health information database, it also looks at which states have the highest rates of opioid-related deaths and which have experienced the largest increases in death rates. (Video or Multimedia)
10/09/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC). Published: 8/30/2018. This one-hour webinar discusses how to design and implement collaborative approaches in response to the opioid epidemic. Participants will learn how to describe interprofessional approaches at the University at Buffalo and University of Pittsburgh that prepare students to address the opioid epidemic, and identify opportunities and resources related to opioid prevention and treatment for interprofessional education and collaborative practice. Speakers also analyze the lessons learned in the prevention and treatment of opioid abuse for future application. (Video or Multimedia)
10/09/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Published: 7/2018. This six-page report reflects progress on World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) commitments related to gender-based violence (GBV) in emergencies using self-reports available on the Agenda for Humanity’s Platform for Action, Commitments and Transformations (PACT). It details progress made, obstacles and impediments to collective progress, and recommendations to contribute to systemic changes that must be made to transform the humanitarian response to GBV. (PDF)
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