6/11/2023 0 Comments The swamp charles addams![]() ![]() Through this initiative, Penn Medicine has been awarded five grants totaling more than $22 million to apply scientific solutions to reverse the national opioid crisis. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced awards from the Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative (NIH HEAL Initiative), which was launched in April 2018 to improve prevention and treatment strategies for opioid misuse and addiction and enhance pain management. Efforts to stem the epidemic have included prescribing fewer painkillers, providing free naloxone trainings across the city, offering recovery programs in emergency departments and launching dedicated research efforts to examine the cause and impact. While data is showing slight declines in overdose deaths, the opioid crisis remains a public health emergency. ![]() The nation has been grappling with the opioid epidemic for years-and the city of Philadelphia has been hit hard by the crisis. ![]() Penn Medicine: $22 Million from NIH HEAL Initiative to Address the National Opioid Crisis ![]()
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