Editorial: Opioids in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: from cellular mechanisms to public health policy.
John S, Walwyn DR, DeFea K, Hales TG, Walwyn W.
Front Pharmacol. 2023 Jul 14;14:1251958. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1251958. PMID: 37521481; PMCID: PMC10380911.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10380911/
USA. The DEA Relaxed Online Prescribing Rules During Covid. Now It Wants to Rein Them In.
Federal regulators want most patients to see a health care provider in person before receiving prescriptions for potentially addictive medicines through telehealth — something that hasn’t been required in more than three years. (Filter, USA, 27.06.2023)
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/dea-online-prescribing-rules-telehealth-changes/
Global plan for dealing with next pandemic just got weaker, critics say
Watered-down language in the latest draft of the ‘pandemic treaty’ worries researchers. (Nature News, USA, 01.06.2023)
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01805-4
WHO-Chef drängt auf Pandemieabkommen
Genf – Nach den verheerenden Auswirkungen des Coronavirus drängt die Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) auf ein „historisches“ Abkommen zum Umgang mit künftigen Pandemien. „Wir können nicht einfach weitermachen wie bisher“, sagte WHO-Chef Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus zur Eröffnung der Jahresversammlung der UN-Organisation gestern in Genf. (aerzteblatt.de, 22.05.2023)
https://www.aerzteblatt.de/nachrichten/143376/WHO-Chef-draengt-auf-Pandemieabkommen
WHO. Intergovernmental Negotiating Body
“The World Together”: the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.
Synthesising evidence of the effects of COVID-19 regulatory changes on methadone treatment for opioid use disorder: implications for policy
Krawczyk, Noa et al.
The Lancet Public Health, Volume 8, Issue 3, e238 - e246
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(23)00023-3/fulltext
USA. DEA Announces Proposed Rules for Permanent Telemedicine Flexibilities
DEA extends many telemedicine flexibilities adopted during the COVID-19 PHE with appropriate safeguards
WASHINGTON - Today, the Drug Enforcement Administration announced proposed permanent rules for the prescribing of controlled medications via telemedicine, expanding patient access to critical therapies beyond the scheduled end of the COVID-19 public health emergency. The public will be able to comment for 30 days on the proposed rules.
The proposed rules – developed with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and in close coordination with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs – propose to extend many of the flexibilities adopted during the public health emergency with appropriate safeguards. (DEA - Drug Enforcement Administration, USA, 24.02.2023)
https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2023/02/24/dea-announces-proposed-rules-permanent-telemedicine-flexibilities
Biopolitics: Power, Pandemics, and War.
Brantly A, Brantly N.
Orbis. 2023;67(1):64-84. doi: 10.1016/j.orbis.2022.12.008. Epub 2023 Jan 26. PMID: 36718237; PMCID: PMC9876614.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9876614/
The Future of Infodemic Surveillance as Public Health Surveillance.
Chiou H, Voegeli C, Wilhelm E, Kolis J, Brookmeyer K, Prybylski D.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Dec;28(13):S121-S128. doi: 10.3201/eid2813.220696. PMID: 36502389; PMCID: PMC9745233.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9745233/
Exploratory Literature Review of the Role of National Public Health Institutes in COVID-19 Response.
Exploratory Literature Review of the Role of National Public Health Institutes in COVID-19 Response.
Zuber A, Sebeh Y, Jarvis D, Bratton S.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Dec;28(13):S151-S158. doi: 10.3201/eid2813.220760. PMID: 36502388; PMCID: PMC9745230.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9745230/
Human rights and the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective and prospective analysis
Gostin, Lawrence O et al.
The Lancet, Volume 0, Issue 0
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)01278-8/fulltext
EU Justice and Home Affairs agencies joint paper on COVID-19 – latest update
The EU Justice and Home Affairs Agencies’ Network (JHAAN) has released its second update of the joint paper on the COVID-19 response. This newest update contains further details on the individual and joint efforts by the nine EU Agencies active in the field of freedom, security and justice to deal with the impact of COVID-19. (EMCDDA, Lissabon, 12.09.2022)
https://www.emcdda.europa.eu/news/2022/eu-justice-and-home-affairs-agencies-joint-paper-covid-19-latest-update_en
Anthony Fauci wants to put Covid’s politicization behind him
The disease fighter says he’s plotting his departure and reflecting on how he wants to be remembered. (Politico, USA, 18.07.2022)
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/18/anthony-fauci-interview-covid-00046189
A Perfect Storm.
Hurd YL, Brennan T.
Cerebrum. 2022 Jan 1;2022:cer-01-22. PMID: 35813307; PMCID: PMC9224367.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9224367/
COVID was twice as deadly in poorer countries
Study looking at death rates early in the pandemic confirms that low-income nations have born the brunt of the global disaster. (Nature, USA, 28.06.2022)
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01767-z
Amnesty International. “There is no help for our community”: The impact of States’ Covid-19 responses on groups affected by unjust criminalization: Report
This report documents the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 pandemic measures on marginalized and criminalized communities. State responses to Covid-19 have magnified the inequalities faced by groups and communities that were already targeted or otherwise impacted by unjust and discriminatory criminal laws, including LGBTI people, sex workers, people who use drugs, people in need of abortion, homeless people and people living in poverty. Putting human rights at the heart of government efforts to address public health emergency responses is not an optional consideration, it is an obligation.
(AI, 31.05.2022, Index Number: POL 30/5477/2022)
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol30/5477/2022/en/
WTO schafft Durchbruch bei Patenten, trotzdem Kritik
Genf – Die 164 Mitglieder der Welthandelsorganisation (WTO) haben sich nach langem Ringen in Genf unter anderem auf eine befristete Aufhebung von Patenten für Coronaimpfstoffe verständigt, um die Produktion in Entwicklungsländern auszuweiten. Regierungen sollen Patente von Pharmaunternehmen vorübergehend leichter umgehen können, um Menschenleben zu retten. (Aerzteblatt.de, 17.06.2022)
https://www.aerzteblatt.de/nachrichten/135174/WTO-schafft-Durchbruch-bei-Patenten-trotzdem-Kritik
Hilfsorganisationen: Freigabe von Coronapatenten hätte Leben gerettet
Berlin – Wegen fehlender Patentfreigaben von Coronaimpfstoffen und -medikamenten üben die Hilfsorganisation Oxfam und weitere Organisationen Kritik an der Welthandelsorganisation (WTO).
Seitdem die WTO vor 20 Monaten mit den Verhandlungen über die Freigabe entsprechender Patentrechte begonnen habe, seien weltweit 17,5 Millionen Menschen im Zusammenhang mit COVID-19 gestorben, so die Kritik. Dies entspreche 30.000 Toten pro Tag. (aerzteblatt.de, 11.06.2022)
https://www.aerzteblatt.de/nachrichten/134943/Hilfsorganisationen-Freigabe-von-Coronapatenten-haette-Leben-gerettet
Assessment of State and Federal Health Policies for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond.
Pessar SC, Boustead A, Ge Y, Smart R, Pacula RL.
JAMA Health Forum. 2021 Nov;2(11):e213833. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.3833. Epub 2021 Nov 19. PMID: 35647581; PMCID: PMC9138185.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2786441
USA. Regulatory Reform and Policy - Initiatives for OTPs in a Post Covid-19 World
American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD)
Originally released on September 30, 2021; Updated: March 2, 2022
http://www.aatod.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Regulatory-Reform-and-Policy-Initiatives-for-OTPs-in-a-Post-COVID-19-World-09302021.pdf
COVID-19 pandemic: what's next for public health?
The Lancet Public Health,
The Lancet Public Health, Volume 7, Issue 5, e391
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(22)00095-0/fulltext
WHO. Coronapandemie bleibt weiter internationaler Gesundheitsnotstand
Genf – Die Coronaviruspandemie bleibt ein internationaler Gesundheitsnotstand. Das entschied die Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) heute in Genf. Sie schloss sich der Empfehlung unabhängiger Experten an, die sich dagegen ausgesprochen hatten, die Ende Januar 2020 erklärte „gesundheitliche Notlage von internationaler Tragweite“ aufzuheben. (aerzteblatt.de, 13.04.2022)
https://www.aerzteblatt.de/nachrichten/133398/Coronapandemie-bleibt-weiter-internationaler-Gesundheitsnotstand
WHO. GENERAL MODEL GUIDELINES for the INTERNATIONAL PROVISION OF CONTROLLED MEDICINES for Emergency Medical Care
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Programme on Substance Abuse
WHO/PSA/96.17 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH DFSTR:
https://www.incb.org/documents/Narcotic-Drugs/Guidelines/medical_care/Guidelines_emergency_Medical_care_WHO_PSA_OCR.pdf
Lessons from countries and humanitarian aid organizations in facilitating the Timely Supply of Controlled Substances during Emergency Situations
Over the past year with the global Covid situation, countries and humanitarian aid organizations were faced with considerable challenges in the timely supply of, and access to, controlled substances to emergency sites. In response to these supply problems in emergency situations, WHO already in 1996 had developed the Model Guidelines for the International Provision of Controlled Medicines for Emergency Medical Care (WHO Model Guidelines). The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), in line with its mandate under the international drug control conventions on the availability of controlled medicines, convened a meeting on 18 and 19 March 2021 to discuss and analyse the supply problems and identify best practices on how countries and the global community can facilitate the availability of controlled medicines during emergency situations by using these Model Guidelines. The meeting brought together the competent authorities of twenty-two countries and representativesfrom WHO, UNICEF, UNODC, ICRC and MSF with direct experience and involvement in these supply policies. (INCB - International Narcotics Control Board, Wien, 2021)
https://www.incb.org/documents/Publications/Guidelines/21-05399_Factsheet_EN_ebook.pdf
Coronapandemie macht koloniale Strukturen sichtbar
Berlin – Die Coronapandemie lässt die kolonialen Muster in der globalen Gesundheitspolitik offen zutage treten. Das offenbarte heute der Kongress Armut und Gesundheit in Berlin. (aerzteblatt.de, 23.03.2022)
https://www.aerzteblatt.de/nachrichten/132782/Coronapandemie-macht-koloniale-Strukturen-sichtbar
Patentschutz: Offenbar Kompromiss für Coronaimpfstoff gefunden
Genf – Nach monatelangem Ringen zeichnet sich in der Welthandelsorganisation (WTO) ein Kompromiss über die begrenzte Freigabe von Patenten für Corona-Impfstoffe ab. Eine prinzipielle Einigung erzielten die Europäische Union, Indien, Südafrika und die USA, wie WTO-Chefin Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala heute in Genf mitteilte. (aerzteblatt.de, 16.03.2022)
https://www.aerzteblatt.de/nachrichten/132623/Patentschutz-Offenbar-Kompromiss-fuer-Coronaimpfstoff-gefunden
Dismantling War on Drugs Policies in COVID-19's Aftermath.
Cooper HLF, Cloud DH, Fanucchi LC, Lofwall M, Young AM.
Am J Public Health. 2022 Feb;112(S1):S24-S27. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306680. PMID: 35143266.
https://ajph.aphapublications.org/action/showCitFormats?doi=10.2105%2FAJPH.2021.306680
WHO: Projekt patentfreier Coronaimpfstoff erfolgreich gestartet
Genf – Das Projekt für einen patentfreien Coronaimpfstoff aus Afrika kommt nach Angaben der Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) besser voran als erwartet. Das von der WHO ausgewählte Forschungs- und Fertigungszentrum in Südafrika habe innerhalb weniger Wochen einen Impfstoffkandidaten auf Basis der neuartigen mRNA-Technologie produziert, berichtete die WHO in Genf. (aerzteblatt.de, 07.02.2022)
https://www.aerzteblatt.de/nachrichten/131585/WHO-Projekt-patentfreier-Coronaimpfstoff-erfolgreich-gestartet
Bündnis an Habeck: Patentaussetzungen für Impfstoffe ermöglichen
Berlin – Ein Bündnis aus Hilfs- und Menschenrechtsorganisationen fordert Bundeswirtschaftsminister Robert Habeck (Grüne) auf, gemäß einer Wahlkampfankündigung Patentaussetzungen für COVID-19-Impfstoffe zu ermöglichen. (aerzteblatt.de, 03.02.2022)
https://www.aerzteblatt.de/nachrichten/131518/Buendnis-an-Habeck-Patentaussetzungen-fuer-Impfstoffe-ermoeglichen
Einigung im Impfstoffpatentstreit vorstellbar
Paris – Im Streit um Impfstoffpatente könnte nach Einschätzung der Welthandelsorganisation (WTO) eine Einigung für ärmere Länder kurz bevorstehen. Man hoffe auf einen Durchbruch in dieser Woche, sagte die WTO-Vorsitzende Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala kürzlich vor Journalisten.( aerzteblatt.de, 31.01.2022)
https://www.aerzteblatt.de/nachrichten/131388/Einigung-im-Impfstoffpatentstreit-vorstellbar
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