References

A collection of some of the references we have utilized for background information:

References:

• The Global Opioid Policy Initiative (GOPI) http://www.esmo.org/Policy/Global-Opioid-Policy-Initiative
• 1. Study: http://www.esmo.org/Policy/Global-Opioid-Policy-Initiative/Research-Study
• 2. Infographics: http://www.esmo.org/Policy/Global-Opioid-Policy-Initiative/Infographics
• 3. How can journalists help raise the profile of cancer and get it on the political agenda in countries where infectious diseases get most attention, reliable data are scarce, doctors are reluctant to talk and editors prefer cheery topics? Two award-winning reporters speak of the challenges they face
• http://www.cancerworld.org/Articles/Issues/61/July--August-2014/Best-Cancer-Reporter-Award/666/Stories-that-give-witness-stories-that-save-lives-the-special-role-of-health-reporters-in-Africa.html
• 4. Fixing the holes in the opioid supply lines:
• Patients are still dying in agony despite concerned efforts over many years to change attitudes towards the use and control of opiates. Could a new initiative, which works with NGOs, governments and policy makers to address practical problems, finally hit the spot?
• http://www.cancerworld.com/Articles/Issues/48/May-June-2012/Spotlight-on/533/Fixing-the-holes-in-the-opioid-supply-lines.html
• 5. Pain in the Developing World: HOW POORER NATIONS ARE LOSING OUT ON PALLIATIVE CARE
• http://the2x2project.org/developing-palliative-care/
• 6. Freedom From Pain (documentary): http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/peopleandpower/2011/07/2011720113555645271.html
• 7. Managing Acute Pain in Developing World: http://www.iasp-pain.org/files/Content/ContentFolders/Publications2/PainClinicalUpdates/Archives/PCU_19-3_web_revised_1390260400113_4.pdf
• 8. Nickerson, Jason W., and Attaran, Amir, "The Inadequate Treatment of Pain: Collateral Damage from the War on Drugs," PLoS Medicine (Cambridge, United Kingdom: Public Library of Science, Jan. 2012) Vol. 9, Issue 1, p. 1.
• - See more at: http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Pain#sthash.LNi8mtdo.dpuf
• http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/fetchObjectAttachment.action;jsessionid=F4C8930191A3408090FCA5257695CF1C?uri=info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001153&representation=PDF
• 9. Marie-Josephine Seya, Susanne F. A. M. Gelders, Obianuju Uzoma Achara, Barbara Milani, and Willem Karel Scholten, "A First Comparison Between the Consumption of and the Need for Opioid Analgesics at Country, Regional, and Global Levels," Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy. 2011;25:6–18. ISSN: 1536-0288 print / 1536-0539 online. DOI: 10.3109/15360288.2010.536307
• http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/documents/s17976en/s17976en.pdf
• See more at: http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Pain#sthash.LNi8mtdo.dpuf
• 10. Jürgens, Ralf; Csete, Joanne; Amon, Joseph J.; Baral, Stefan; and Beyrer, Chris, "People who use drugs, HIV, and human rights," The Lancet (London, United Kingdom: August 7, 2010) Vol. 376, Issue 9739, pp. 478-479.
• See more at: http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Pain#sthash.LNi8mtdo.dpuf
• http://www.canadianharmreduction.com/sites/default/files/Ralf%20Jurgens%20-%20Using%2C%20HIV%2C%20and%20Hum%20Rts%20-%202010.pdf
• 11. Global Access to Pain Relief Initiative (GAPRI) http://www.uicc.org/programmes/gapri
• 12. American Cancer Society: http://www.treatthepain.org/
• Potential celebrity partner: New York Giants defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka

*Great approach: http://www.treatthepain.org/our_approach.html