COVID-19 restrictions and increased risk of overdose for street-based people with opioid dependence in South Africa

Stowe, M.J.; Scheibe, Andrew; Shelly, Shaun; Marks, Monique

dc.contributor.author	Stowe, M.J.
dc.contributor.author	Scheibe, Andrew
dc.contributor.author	Shelly, Shaun
dc.contributor.author	Marks, Monique
dc.date.accessioned	2021-03-24T10:05:45Z
dc.date.available	2021-03-24T10:05:45Z
dc.date.issued	2020-06
dc.description.abstract	The placement of street-based people in temporary shelters as part of South Africa (SA)’s lockdown efforts to mitigate the COVID-19 epidemic increases the risk of overdose among people who are dependent on heroin. The number of street-based heroin-dependent people is unknown, but many of the country’s estimated 75 000 people who inject drugs live on the street and inject heroin, and many more smoke it (known locally as nyaope, whoonga and unga).	en_ZA
dc.description.department	Family Medicine	en_ZA
dc.description.librarian	am2021	en_ZA
dc.description.uri	http://www.samj.org.za	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	Stowe, M.J., Scheibe, A., Shelly, S. et al. 2020, 'COVID-19 restrictions and increased risk of overdose for street-based people with opioid dependence in South Africa', South African Medical Journal, vol. 110, no. 8, pp. 434.	en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn	0256-9574 (print)
dc.identifier.issn	2078-5135 (online)
dc.identifier.other	10.7196/SAMJ.2020. v110i6.14832
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79059
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.publisher	Health and Medical Publishing Group	en_ZA
dc.rights	© 2019, South African Medical Association. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial Works License (CC BY-NC 3.0).	en_ZA
dc.subject	Shelters	en_ZA
dc.subject	Heroin	en_ZA
dc.subject	Risk	en_ZA
dc.subject	COVID-19 pandemic	en_ZA
dc.subject	Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)	en_ZA
dc.subject	South Africa (SA)	en_ZA
dc.subject	Street-based people	en_ZA
dc.subject	Opioid dependence	en_ZA
dc.title	COVID-19 restrictions and increased risk of overdose for street-based people with opioid dependence in South Africa	en_ZA
dc.type	Article	en_ZA