Study provides new insight about integrating treatment for HIV and opioid use disorder in Vietnam
An assessment published this week in the journal
The Lancet HIV provides new insight about an initiative to integrate treatment of opioid use disorder along with HIV in Vietnam.
The study marks one of the first scientifically robust assessments of a new model of treating HIV in lower or middle income countries where injection drug use is a major cause of HIV infection. It also suggests the importance of building support for peer and community connections to tackle the opioid epidemic that continues to ravage the United States in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Julia Bertino
Feb 4, 2021
(Undated) Nebraska and Iowa will get payouts from a multi-million dollar settlement from one of the world’s largest consulting firms and their role in helping companies promote their drugs, prompting an opioid crisis.
McKinsey & Company has agreed to pay a $573 million settlement for their role in helping companies sell more opioid painkillers. The money will go to 47 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories. Separate deals are expected for Washington, West Virginia, and Nevada.
According to Nebraska’s and Iowa’s Attorney Generals Offices, Iowa will receive $4,677,279 over five years and Nebraska will receive $2,590,561.60 over the next five years.
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AG Yost reaches $24.7 million settlement with consultant that fueled opioid epidemic
Staff report
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has agreed to a settlement with McKinsey & Co. that will pour more than $24 million into communities to help combat the devastating effects of an opioid epidemic that has ripped apart communities and families throughout the state.
The money is part of a $573 million national settlement encompassing 47 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories that consulting firm McKinsey agreed to pay for its role in fueling the opioid crisis by promoting and profiting from it.
Under the settlement terms, Ohio will receive $20 million this year and $4.7 million spread over the next four years to help remediate the harm caused by the opioid epidemic.
Jan 25, 2021
As concerns continue to grow about the COVID-19 pandemic and the increasing toll it takes every day, it’s easy to forget about other health issues that continue to have a devastating effect on our region.
A sad reminder came last week when Ohio Attorney General David Yost released a report that shows the state’s death rate from opioid overdoses of 11.01 per 100,000 population in the second quarter of 2020 was the highest rate in the last decade, and larger than the previous 10-year high of 10.87 overdoses per 100,000 residents that had been recorded in the first quarter of 2017.
Having the sad distinction of topping the list was Scioto County, in the southern part of the state, where the rate was 35.2 overdose deaths per 100,000 residents.