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

• Main Authors: Andrew Scheibe (Author), Shaun Shelly (Author), Johannes Hugo (Author), Matilda Mohale (Author), Sasha Lalla (Author), Wayne Renkin (Author), Natasha Gloeck (Author), Senzo Khambule (Author), Lorinda Kroukamp (Author), Urvisha Bhoora (Author), Tessa S. Marcus (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: AOSIS, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...