World Health Organization

The study will look at the feasibility and impact of expanding the availability and accessibility of community management of opioid overdose (including training and take-home naloxone) in participating countries/sites.

The study will produce evidence on the implementation barriers and facilitators for community management of opioid overdose, including trainings, outreach activities and settings that are better placed to reach many people at risk to prevent opioid overdose. The initiative's targets include saving lives by making naloxone and training on overdose management available to all people likely to witness an overdose, including peers and family members. The initiative sets a global implementation target of 90-90-90 as a joint point of reference:

1) 90 per cent of the relevant target population should be trained in overdose risk and emergency management;

2) 90 per cent of those trained should carry take-home naloxone;

3) 90 per cent of those who have been given a naloxone supply should use naloxone at overdoses they witness.