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Posted 10/29/2020 (updated 4/3/2024)
Triumph over the opioid epidemic requires ALL traditional and non-traditional partners to come to the table. Join us to explore strategies for increasing the reach and sustainability of rural community coalitions by ensuring the right partners are at your table and can contribute to solving this crisis rather than be consumed by it.
Posted 11/19/2019 (updated 3/25/2024)
The intersection of opioid abuse, particularly injection drug use (IDU), and HIV is well documented; in fact, IDU is the second most frequent route of HIV transmission. Injection drug use, either directly or via sexual contact with an IDU partner, accounts for one-third of the estimated AIDS cases since the beginning of the epidemic, and 18 percent of new infections in the United States.