New webinars spotlight local, state, & national response to infectious disease consequences of opioid epidemic

Registration Now Open: Webinars Spotlight Local, State, & National Partners’ Responses to Infectious Disease Consequences of Opioid Epidemic | HIV.gov

Registration Now Open: Webinars Spotlight Local, State, & National Partners’ Responses to Infectious Disease Consequences of Opioid Epidemic

February 15, 2018 – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

TOPICS: Opioid, Prevention, Webinars

It is widely known that the opioid epidemic gripping the nation has led to alarming increases in opioid use disorders, injection drug use, and overdose deaths. What has not been well understood or adequately addressed is the reality that, as rates of injection drug use have risen, so too have the risks for and rates of infectious diseases such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV, and endocarditis.... [READ MORE]