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Beyond Medicine / BY: Vivian W.L. Tsang, MD, MGC April 2021
The spike in overdose deaths in BC due to COVID-19 serves as a reminder that the lack of ... to reduce morbidity and mortality among PWUD. The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) harm-reduction team received approval ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Geoffrey McKee, MD, MPH July/August 2015
... deaths represent an emerging public health concern in BC. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is far more potent ... to the increase in fentanyl-detected deaths, the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) supported several strategies aimed at ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC June 2012
... prescribed opioid medication.[ 3 ]  In May 2011, the BC Coroners Service released a warning about a spike of ... use with comorbidities (e.g., respiratory/hepatic/renal disease), initiation into opioid substitution therapy, and ... morbidity and mortality related to opioid overdose. The BC Centre for Disease Control harm reduction program has ...
BC Centre for Disease Control / BY: Jane A. Buxton, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC May 2009
... best practices and supply distribution are guided by the BC Harm Reduction Strategies and Services (HRSS) committee. ... from the five BC regional health authorities, BC Centre for Disease Control, BC Ministry of Healthy Living and Sport, and ...