Health News: Reversing Drug Overdose; Intellectual
Disabilities in
Dear friends, This week’s update looks at two highly vulnerable
populations: people with intellectual disabilities and people who use drugs.
Both groups face widespread human rights abuses and barriers to adequate
health care. Read the stories and share your opinion on the Open
Society blog. Paul Silva |
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Avoiding Fatal Drug Overdose Naloxone is a
safe, easy-to-use antidote to drug overdose that can be administered by just
about anyone with minimal training. Yet in many countries, legal and policy
barriers are keeping it out of the hands of those who need it most. This
week, on Overdose Awareness Day, overdose survivors and communities worldwide
held vigils, rallies, and media campaigns to draw much-needed attention to
this first aid response.
Find
out more and learn how to increase access to naloxone. |
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A new documentary film by the Hungarian Civil Liberties
Union offers a clear and moving message of why societies should not lock up
people with intellectual disabilities. Unfortunately, political leaders in |
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