International Overdose Awareness Day
To mark International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD) 2024, The HSE National Social Inclusion Office held a live webinar on Friday 30th August from 12:00 - 13:00
Watch the event recording online here
As part of the world’s annual campaign to raise awareness of drug-related overdose, we invite you to join us at our event to help end overdose, remember those who have died without stigma and acknowledge the grief experienced by family and friends left behind. The theme for the 2024 event is, “Together We Can”.
"Together we can" reduce fatal overdoses by services and peers supporting people who use drugs with the development of individual overdose safety and rescue plans.
About the event
Dr Denis O’Driscoll, independent chair of the National Naloxone Oversight Quality Assurance Group, hosted the event and was be joined by:
- Minister Colm Burke, providing the opening address
- Prof Eamon Keenan, HSE National Clinical Lead, Addiction Services - download presentation here
- Donna McGee, HSE Addiction Services Lead, CHO1 - download presenation here
- Dawn Russell, Director of Services, Ana Liffey Drug Project - download presentation here
- Prof Jo-Hanna Ivers, Associate Professor in Addiction, Trinity College Dublin - download presentation here
- Andy O’Hara, Coordinator, UISCE
- Stephen O’Flaherty, Community Engagement Officer, National Ambulance Service - download presentation here
Overdose resources
IOAD2024 posters and naloxone resources were shared bt the HSE National Social Inclusion Office to services nationally, to enable awareness raising at a local level.
- Share your IOAD message on social media, using the #EndOverdoseIRL, #IOAD2024 and #TogetherWeCan and follow & tag @drugsdotie, @HSELive and @HSE_SI
- Get harm reduction information for different types of drugs on our site here
- Get information about the Naloxone Programme on our site here
- See the Knowing the Signs drug emergency campaign here
- Get overdose resources here
- Get information on syntheic opioid responses on our site here
- Find drug warnings and alerts from the HSE here
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