Peter Higgs
@higgspg.bsky.social
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Burnet Institute Principal Fellow LaTrobe A/Prof Dept Public Health (Honorary) #HarmReduction APSAD_DAR Editorial Board HRV_Aust Board
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And this local library has just purchased too … both are situated in street drug saturated environments- much to learn from your experiences- thank you for writing it !
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Happy days!! Already loving the start on my tram ride home from the library!
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Now out in #Addiction @monashuniversity.bsky.social #PhD scholar Dr Lucy Attwood & team ‘Qualitative analysis of barriers and facilitators to healthcare engagement for people with injecting‐related invasive infections using a social ecological framework’
doi.org/10.1111/add....
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Excited to see this has been purchased by @cityofmelbourne.bsky.social public #library and I’m the first to borrow it … @garthmullins.bsky.social
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burnetinstitute.bsky.social
An Australian-first study published in @mja.com.au found every dollar invested in Australian prison needle and syringe programs could save more than two dollars in treatment costs for hepatitis C and injection-related infections www.burnet.edu.au/knowledge-an...
Prison needle programs could save double what they cost – our new modelling shows how
www.burnet.edu.au
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ijdrugpolicy.bsky.social
“Motivations for and perspectives of medication diversion among clients of a safer opioid supply program in Toronto, Canada” by Lucas Martignetti and colleagues (2025) via IJDP…have your thoughts on diversion changed?

Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#Diversion #Saves #Lives