Compassionate Overdose Response Summit

You are invited to register for our upcoming Compassionate Overdose Response Summit on March 19, 2024. This event is designed to build consensus on the definition of a compassionate bystander overdose response. Registration is filling up fast, secure your seat now at this no-cost event.

During an open, hybrid virtual summit on March 19 from 10 am - 2 pm, an issue brief drafted by researchers, people with lived experience of overdose, those who have reversed multiple overdoses, and medical providers will be shared for feedback and various presentations will cover the latest emerging research on this topic, including:

• The impact of different naloxone doses and formulations on people who receive them
• The role of oxygen in community overdose response
• Communication strategies for bystander overdose response steps

The purpose is to:

1. Center harm reduction experiences and community voices in the national dialogue on overdose response and drive a narrative that is grounded in harm reduction values and compassion for the person experiencing an overdose.
2. Generate communication strategies that help those working in overdose response advocate for their program needs.
3. Create a written product that sustains the event’s conclusions.

The event is supported by:

1. Vital Strategies, Inc. 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Our mission is to work in partnership to reimagine evidence-based, locally driven policies and practices to advance public health. Vital Strategies provided funding for speaker travel, hotel, food, and on the ground logistics.
2. Harm Reduction Therapeutics 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded to save lives by making naloxone available over-the-counter free of charge or at the lowest possible cost. Harm Reduction Therapeutics paid for a portion of person time that went into the planning of the event and the production of a written product summarizing event proceedings.
3. University of Pittsburgh provided space and local logistics support for the hosting of speakers and streaming of virtual conference proceedings.
4. Health Management Associates is a leading national healthcare research and consulting firm. We improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities by making publicly funded healthcare, and the social services that support it, more accessible, equitable, and effective. HMA paid for person-time for the planning of the event and meeting facilitation.