Canada’s opioid crisis continues to have devastating impacts on the health and well-being of Canadians. Tackling this public health emergency requires commitment from all affected parties from the Provincial/Territorial and Federal governments to front-line practitioners and first responders. HealthCareCAN is committed to doing everything it can to contribute to the collaborative response to one of the biggest public health threats facing Canada.
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As part of the Joint Statement of Action to Address the Opioid Crisis, HealthCareCAN is presenting this webinar to profile select leading practices in harm reduction, prevention and surveillance with the goal of facilitating their scale and spread.
Background information
Responding to the Opioid Crisis: Leading Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities – proceedings of HealthCareCAN’s Ministerial Roundtable on Opioids, 2017
A Summary of the Ministerial Roundtable on Opioids
This document contains input from over 20 HealthCareCAN members and partners on critical aspects of a national response to the opioid crisis, including:
HealthCareCAN is committed to doing everything it can to contribute to the collaborative response to the opioid crisis. HealthCareCAN is proud to be a signatory of the Joint Statement of Action to Address the Opioid Crisis. As a signatory, HealthCareCAN has made the following commitments
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