Strengthening Regional Infrastructure to Address the Injection Drug Use Epidemic in Southern Appalachia | NLM

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Strengthening Regional Infrastructure to Address the Injection Drug Use Epidemic in Southern Appalachia

08/14/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Published: 8/14/2019. The intertwined epidemics of prescription opioid, heroin, and methamphetamine use in Southern Appalachia, including western North Carolina, are driving a new wave of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections. This one-hour, 17-minute presentation discusses the Southern Appalachia Test Link Care (SA-TLC) project, a coalition of public health and healthcare partners working to strengthen regional health and service infrastructures that are addressing the injection drug use epidemic in western North Carolina. (Video or Multimedia)