DIRECTION180

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Name	DIRECTION180
Address	2151 Gottingen Street, Halifax, NS B3K 3B5
City	Halifax Ns
Category	Addiction Treatment Centers
Phone	+1-902-420-0566
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Speciality	Addiction Medical Assessment, Hepatitis C Care, Hepatitis A and B Immunizations, One-on-one Peer Support, Recovery Support Programs, Recreational Activities, Skills Building and Peer Development, Overdose Prevention Training and Take-home Naloxone, Harm Reduction Education and Safer Drug Using Practices
About	Direction 180 is a community-based, Opiate treatment program providing service to people in Halifax Regional Municipality. They have developed and implemented over 50 health promotion and research initiatives to improve health and social outcomes for people who use substances. Their mission is to reduce the inherent risks associated with opioid use disorder (OUD) and intravenous drug use (IDU), including; decreasing the spread of blood-borne infections (HIV, hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis B (HBV)), hepatitis A (HAV), sexually transmitted infections, endocarditis and social harms including homelessness, vaccine-preventable infections, drug overdose, involvement with sex work and the criminal justice system. They aim to reduce the harms and complications associated with IDU and OUD for the affected individuals and their families, the community, and health care systems.
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