Harm reduction in practice – The Community Oriented Substance Use Programme in Tshwane

Harm reduction in practice – The Community Oriented Substance Use Programme in Tshwane

Background: The Community Oriented Substance Use Programme (COSUP) is the first publicly funded, community-based programmatic response to the use of illegal substances in South Africa. It is founded on a systems thinking, public health and clinical care harm reduction approach. Aim: To describe the...

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Main Authors: Andrew Scheibe, Shaun Shelly, Johannes Hugo, Matilda Mohale, Sasha Lalla, Wayne Renkin, Natasha Gloeck, Senzo Khambule, Lorinda Kroukamp, Urvisha Bhoora, Tessa S. Marcus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2020-05-01
Series:African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
Subjects:
harm reduction
substance use
community oriented primary care
behavioural health management
family medicine
primary healthcare
public health
Online Access:https://phcfm.org/index.php/phcfm/article/view/2285

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