AOD
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Additional supervised injecting capacity vital in addressing reduce drug harm
- June 5, 2020
- Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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No CommentsThe Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association welcomes the announcement of a second Injecting room following the release of the Hamilton report.
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Alcohol and Other Drug Services – residential guidance June 2020
- June 4, 2020
- Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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This information provides guidance to Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) community residential rehabilitation and withdrawal providers (referred to as essential AOD residential services in this guidance) about continued service delivery during coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Challenges in maintaining treatment services for people who use drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic
- May 22, 2020
- Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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The impact of COVID-19 across health services, including treatment services for people who use drugs, is emerging but likely to have a high impact. Treatment services for people who use drugs provide essential treatment services including opiate agonist treatment and needle syringe programmes alongside other important treatment programmes across all substance types including withdrawal and counselling services. Drug and alcohol hospital consultation-liaison clinicians support emergency departments and other services provided in hospital settings in efficiently managing patients who use drugs and present with other health problems.
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Submission to the Inquiry into the social and economic benefits of improving mental health
- May 5, 2020
- Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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VAADA Vision A Victorian community in which the harms associated with drug use are reduced and general health and well being is promoted. VAADA Objectives To provide leadership, representation, advocacy
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Media Release: SafeScript a welcome reform but the risk of patient displacement during pandemic remains
- April 1, 2020
- Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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MEDIA RELEASE 1 April 2020 [starts] SafeScript a welcome reform but the risk of patient displacement during pandemic remains The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) has been a long
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VAADA Newsletter September 2019
- September 19, 2019
- Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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AOD: where do we fit in the community services puzzle? September 2019 In this issue 2 The Australian Drug Harms Ranking Study 4 Update on Victoria’s Mental Health Royal Commission
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Prison should not be a death sentence
- September 11, 2019
- Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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MEDIA RELEASE, SEPTEMBER 11 2019 Prison should not be a death sentence Four in 10 Victorians who fatally overdosed with heroin in 2017 were former Victorian prisoners. The Victorian Alcohol
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Media Release: Common Sense Approach Welcomed to Public Drunkenness
- August 23, 2019
- Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) welcomes the Victorian government’s announcement to decriminalise public drunkenness. The announcement, which aligns with a recommendation from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths
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Responding to Family Violence Capability Framework
- May 29, 2019
- Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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Responding to Family Violence Capability Framework December 2017 Aboriginal Acknowledgment The Victorian Government proudly acknowledges Victorian Aboriginal people as the first peoples and Traditional Owners and custodians of the land
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Using Collaborations as a Capacity Building tool
- November 21, 2018
- Posted by: Caitlyn Wilson
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[ USING COLLABORATIONS AS A CAPACITY BUILDING TOOL ] 1 USING COLLABORATIONS AS A CAPACITY BUILDING TOOL © VAADA 2018 USING COLLABORATIONS AS A CAPACITY BUILDING TOOL [ USING COLLABORATIONS