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External Expert search (deadline 15 Nov)

Second progress report on its implementation in the WHO Europe region in preparation : governments and civil society requested to report by 1st November 2009

Today, August 31, is Overdose Awareness Day, an occasion initiated by the Salvation Army to draw attention to overdose, an often neglected issue which is the leading cause of death among opiate injectors. In the EU, one of a few regions where statistics on overdose are available, overdose is a leading cause of death among youth. A study of causes of death among PLHIV in the US showed that drug overdose is a leading cause of non-HIV related death in New York and concluded that the care model for PLHIV should include a broader array of physical and mental health needs.

"Frontiers of Retrovirology: Complex retroviruses, retroelements and their hosts", Montpellier, France, 21-23 September 2009.