Providence Health Care Research Institute Trust
$4,936,500.00 CAD
- Department
- Health Canada
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2020-2021
- Agreement period
- July 20, 2020 – March 31, 2024
- Reference
- hc-sc:271-2022-2023-Q4-00092
Published purpose
Established a prescribed alternatives (safer supply) program in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver for people at risk of overdose and death due to the increasingly toxic illegal drug supply during the COVID-19 pandemic. In partnership with the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, the project offered a personalized, low-barrier approach, with a variety of opioid medications available and extended operating hours.
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This project funds a prescribed alternatives (safer supply) program in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, offering personalized opioid medications to people at risk of overdose from the toxic illegal drug supply during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Category: Health Primarily funds activity in Canada
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