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Resources and Tools

Harm Reduction Is Essential to U.S. Drug Policy

This publication describes the recent trends of drug overdose deaths in the United States (U.S.) and the benefits of adopting harm reduction approaches.

Quick Take: Federal Discretionary HIV Funding is Essential

This document provides a quick overview of the federal discretionary funding programs that support essential aspects of the nation’s HIV response.

Big Ideas: Improving the Health of People Who Use Drugs and People in Recovery is Essential for Ending the HIV Epidemic

Achieving the goals of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Initiative depends on doing more to strengthen communities, reduce the harm associated with drug use, and prevent disease transmission.

Decreasing Systemic Barriers Along the HIV Care Continuum for Patients with Substance Use Disorders

This webinar describes systemic barriers faced by patients with HIV and substance use disorders, and discusses steps providers can take to decrease these barriers and support integration of behavioral health and HIV public health interventions. 

Keywords: HIV, substance use

Integrating Responses at the Intersection of Opioid Use Disorder and Infectious Disease Epidemics

To address the infectious disease consequences of the opioid crisis in the U.S., a public workshop titled Integrating Infectious Disease Considerations with Response to the Opioid Epidemic was convened on March 12 and 13, 2018, by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

How Change Happens: Substance Use Disorders and HIV/AIDS

This ready-to-use training package is designed to provide HIV clinicians (including physicians, dentists, nurses, therapists and social workers, and counselors, specialists, and case managers) with an overview of the challenges and strategies for change in working with individuals living with HIV

Heroin, Prescription Opioids, and HIV: What Clinicians Need to Know

This ready-to-use training package is designed to provide HIV clinicians (including physicians, dentists, nurses, therapists and social workers, and counselors, specialists, and case managers) with an overview of the opioid crisis and HIV.

Nature of Addiction and HIV

The ready-to-use training package is designed to provide HIV clinicians (including physicians, dentists, nurses, therapists and social workers, and counselors, specialists, and case managers) with an overview of the neurobiology of addiction, the impact of HIV on the brain and central nervous sys

Short and Simple: Substance Use Screening and Brief Intervention in HIV Care Settings

This ready-to-use training package is designed to provide HIV clinicians (including physicians, dentists, nurses, therapists and social workers, and counselors, specialists, and case managers) with a detailed overview of screening patients for at‐risk alcohol and other drug use and conducting a b

Ending the HIV & HCV Epidemics: A Critical Role for Substance Use Providers

This ready-to-use slide set introduces substance use disorder providers to the issues of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening and prevention.