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Apr 5, 2024 · CDC is committed to fighting the opioid overdose epidemic and supporting states and communities as they continue work to identify outbreaks, collect data, respond to overdoses, and provide care to those in their communities.
- What CDC is Doing | Overdose Prevention | CDC
Providers and health systems are crucial in promoting safer...
- What CDC is Doing | Overdose Prevention | CDC
Mar 27, 2024 · Providers and health systems are crucial in promoting safer opioid prescribing and more effective and equitable pain management among adults and youth as well as providing evidence-based treatment for substance use disorders, particularly among disproportionately affected populations.
The initiative uses a three-pronged approach to combat opioid overdoses by developing and implementing comprehensive public health plans, providing technical support to guide government policy and planning and developing tools to inform statewide policies and programs nationwide.
Prevention activities help educate and support individuals, families, and communities and are critical for maintaining both individual and community health. CDC works to prevent drug overdose, the leading cause of injury-related death in the United States.
Nearly 75% of the 91,799 drug overdose deaths in 2020 involved an opioid. From 2019 to 2020, there were significant changes in opioid-involved death rates: • Opioid-involved death rates increased by 38%. • Prescription opioid-involved death rates increased by 17%. • Heroin-involved death rates decreased by 7%.
Dec 2, 2022 · The Overdose Prevention Strategy helps advance President Biden’s National Drug Control Strategy and his Unity Agenda to beat the overdose epidemic. “Now, one year after the release of this Strategy, our nation is in a much stronger position to treat addiction and save lives,” Secretary Becerra said.
Aug 29, 2023 · WHO recommends that naloxone be made available to people likely to witness an opioid overdose, as well as training in the management of opioid overdose. In suspected opioid overdose, first responders should focus on airway management, assisting ventilation and administering naloxone.
