Hello dear colleagues,

Hope this message finds everyone who is reading this document safe and sound.

 

I would like to share with you the newly released technical guidance document on how to support substance users during the COVID-19 pandemic. The document is released by the UNODC Drug Prevention and Health Branch.

 

Please click on the below link:

https://www.unodc.org/documents/drug-prevention-and-treatment/Drug_treatment_and_care_services_and_COVID19.pdf

 

Elsevier's Novel Coronavirus Information Center is now offering free access to expert, curated information for the research and health community on SARS-CoV-2 (the novel coronavirus) and COVID-19 (the disease).

 

All resources are free to access and include guidelines for clinicians and patients plus the latest early-stage and peer-reviewed research on COVID-19 from journals including The Lancet and Cell Press. They have also made nearly 20,000 related articles free to access on ScienceDirect. These articles are also available to download with rights for full text and data mining, re-use and...

Dear Colleagues, 

I hope that you are all doing well and are safe.  I wanted to share some resources that we are tracking and find useful in the U.S.:

 

• Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) offers this public dashboard of worldwide confirmed cases, recoveries and deaths aggregating WHO, CDC, ECDC, NHC and DXY data in real time. This source is unique, not only because of the currency and quality of the confirmed case data, but also because it provides comprehensive global surveillance summaries. This includes city level points in the United States:

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The Pandemic Project is a social psychology initiative that is studying how our everyday lives are affected by the coronavirus outbreak. For many of us, our worlds, our work, and our social relationships are changing. The research team brings together scientists from around the world to better understand how the pandemic is affecting our daily lives, mental health, and connections with others. 

Greetings all!

This is a scary time.  I began to add some resources and news but I stopped myself as most of you have access to so much information right now and sometimes that adds to our anxiety.  If you are visiting this forum because you need support and ideas on how to handle stress during this time, I would like to be of assistance.  I will be adding suggestions, resources, and links to support mental health, recovery, and self-care during the pandemic. 

Be well, Cary Hopkins Eyles, MA, CAP, RYT

The panic that has been triggered about COVID-19 is making people to panic and that panic state are spreading the virus.

Most viral ailment are self limiting hence if those that are infected are quarantined it would them undergo the limiting period where they may no longer be able to spread it. However, it is clear that even before symptoms begin to appear, transmission may have been taking place hence the role high level of personal hygiene is key. 

The challenge in Nigeria now is that many people are running home, thinking they can get the best attention here or they feel that the virus...