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Managing heroin dependence during lockdown

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​Pragmatic guidelines for low threshold opioid substitution therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic & lock-down. An essential tool to maintain help avoid withdrawal, maintain tolerance and prevent overdose or manage, reduce or stop heroin use when there is limited supply.

South African Guidelines:
Clinical management of suspected or acute COVID-19 - V3

South African Regulations:
Government regulations and laws for COVID-19 Lockdown

THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

COVID-19 TECHNICAL RESOURCES
This interim guidance is based on what is currently known about the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The National Institute for Communicable Diseases will update this interim guidance as needed
​and as additional information becomes available.

Contingency planning for people who use drugs and COVID-19

SAMHSA – Taking Care of your Behavioral Health
This tip sheet describes feelings and thoughts you may have during and after social distancing, quarantine, and isolation. It also suggests ways to care for your behavioral health during these experiences and provides resources for more help. 

HTB 27 March 2020: CoV-2 and COVID-2019 special edition
· COVID-19: GUIDELINES
· US interim guidelines on COVID-19 and HIV
· BHIVA statements on HIV and COVID-19
· http://i-base.info/htb/37405
· http://i-base.info/htb/37408
· US interim clinical guidance for management of patients with confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
· French guidelines for protection of cancer patients against COVID-19
· Guidelines for managing COVID-19 from the Survive Sepsis Campaign
· IDSA resource center on COVID-19
· COVID-19: TREATMENT
· Early drugs being studied for COVID-19
· COVID-19: TRANSMISSION RISK
· Aerosol and surface stability of SARS-CoV-2 as compared with SARS-CoV-1
· http://i-base.info/htb/37423
· Clinical outcomes of adult inpatients with COVID-19
· COVID-19: EPIDEMIOLOGY
· Selected epidemiology links and papers for COVID-19
· COVID-19: PATHOGENESIS
· Clinical characteristics of COVID-19 in China
· COVID-19 is associated with significant drops in CD4 count
· CoV-2 viral load in throat saliva samples correlates with clinical outcomes from COVID-19
· COVID-19: DIAGNOSTICS
· Rapid and point of care testing for SARS-CoV-2
· COVID-19: UPCOMING STUDIES
· Ongoing and planned studies for COVID-19
· NEAT ID develop COVID-19 and HIV coinfection data dashboard
· COVID-19: OPEN-ACCESS PUBLICATIONS
· Open access publications on COVID-19 include Lancet, Nature, NEJM, JAMA, JID, CID and others
· Open access publishing on US PubMed Central
· Selected articles by UCSF: download 60 papers
· COVID-19: PREGNANCY
· Peer-review articles on COVID-19 and pregnancy
· COVID-19: DRUG INTERACTIONS
· Drug-drug interactions and COVID-19
· COVID-19: SEX, HIV and STIs
· Sex, HIV and STIs during COVID-19 pandemic
· COVID-19: ON THE WEB
· What does COVID-19 mean for people living with HIV: online information
· Online resources to learn about COVID-19
· COVID-19: PDF
· 27 March 2020 vol 21 no 4

World Health Organisation

WHO Technical Guidelines

COVID-19: Operational guidance for maintaining essential health services during an outbreak
When health systems are overwhelmed, both direct mortality from an outbreak and indirect mortality from vaccine-preventable and treatable conditions increase dramatically. Countries will need to make difficult decisions to balance the demands of responding directly to COVID-19, while simultaneously engaging in strategic planning and coordinated action to maintain essential health service delivery, mitigating the risk of system collapse. This document expands on the content of the Operational planning guidelines to support country preparedness and response, and provides guidance on a set of targeted immediate actions that countries should consider at national, regional, and local level to reorganize and maintain access to high-quality essential health services for all. 

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) technical guidance: Infection prevention and control / WASH
This is the first edition of guidance on infection prevention and control (IPC) strategies for use when infection with a novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is suspected.​

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) technical guidance: Risk communication and community engagement
This tool is designed to support risk communication, community engagement staff and responders working with national health authorities, and other partners to develop, implement and monitor an effective action plan for communicating effectively with the public, engaging with communities, local partners and other stakeholders to help prepare and protect individuals, families and the public’s health during early response to COVID-19.

Preparedness, prevention and control of COVID-19 in prisons and other places of detention (2020)
When health systems are overwhelmed, both direct mortality from an outbreak and indirect mortality from vaccine-preventable and treatable conditions increase dramatically. Countries will need to make difficult decisions to balance the demands of responding directly to COVID-19, while simultaneously engaging in strategic planning and coordinated action to maintain essential health service delivery, mitigating the risk of system collapse. This document expands on the content of the Operational planning guidelines to support country preparedness and response, and provides guidance on a set of targeted immediate actions that countries should consider at national, regional, and local level to reorganize and maintain access to high-quality essential health services for all.