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(ISSUP staff) - 5 يونيو 2023
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في يوم الخميس الموافق 1 يونيو، أطلقت منظمة الصحة العالمية مستودع معلومات لجنة الخبراء المعنية بالاعتماد على المخدرات (ECDD)، الذي يوفر للمهنيين الصحيين وخبراء السياسات الدوائية قاعدة بيانات واحدة قابلة للبحث للوصول بحرية إلى جميع التقارير الفنية حول أكثر من 450 مادة تمت مراجعتها من قبل ECDD.
Nyashanu, M., Brown, M., Nyashanu, T., & Frost, D. (2023). Exploring treatment barriers on the use of crystal methamphetamine among young people in Harare, Zimbabwe. Journal of Substance Use, 1-5.
يعد تعاطي المخدرات بين الشباب أحد أكثر الاهتمامات العامة في مجال الصحة العالمية. تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى استكشاف حواجز العلاج بين الشباب في زيمبابوي.
تم جمع البيانات من خلال مقابلات مع 30 مشاركا
ووجدت الدراسة أن العوائق التي تحول دون العلاج بين الشباب تشمل
الخوف من السجن
ضعف الوعي بالمخدرات
الرفض الاجتماعي
تثبيط التكاليف المالية للعلاج
الخلط بين تعاطي المخدرات والحرية الشخصية
وخلص مؤلفو الدراسة إلى أن هناك حاجة إلى أن تستثمر البلدان المتقدمة أكثر من خلال الأمم المتحدة للمساعدة في تطوير بناء القدرات ومنع الإفراط في استخدام المخدرات من قبل الشباب.
Foundation for Changing Lives Against Substance Abuse in response to addressing the urgent need for more addiction workforce that can deliver evidence-based prevention program in Nigeria, requested the NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR
MENTAL WELLBEING, WASHINGTON, DC. for training on GETTING CANDID:FRAMING THE CONVERSATION AROUND YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION. This training was attended by 24 participants working in schools and communities to reduce substance use among youths in Bayelsa state.
At the end of the training, participants were glad for the knowledge gained and...
Shared by James Harvey
(ISSUP staff) - 21 مارس 2023
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UNODC
The Global Report on Cocaine 2023 details how coca cultivation soared 35 per cent from 2020 to 2021, a record high and the sharpest year-to-year increase since 2016.
Belete, H., Mekonen, T., Espinosa, D. C., Ambaw, F., Connor, J., Chan, G., ... & Leung, J. (2023). Cannabis use in Sub‐Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Addiction.
Abstract
Background and Aims
The most available data on the prevalence of cannabis use come from population surveys conducted in high-income countries in North America, Oceania and Europe. Less is known about the prevalence of cannabis use in Africa. This systematic review aimed to summarize general population-level cannabis use in sub-Saharan Africa since 2010.
Results
The study included 53 studies and included 13 239 participants.
Among adolescents, the life-time, 12-month and 6-month prevalence of cannabis use were 7.9%, 5.2% and 4.5% respectively.
The Global Alcohol Policy Conference (GAPC2023), “Investing in People before Profits: Building Momentum towards the Framework Convention on Alcohol Control,” will be held from 24 - 26 October 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa with pre...
Shared by James Harvey
(ISSUP staff) - 27 أكتوبر 2022
Two universities in Nigeria have been approved to offer post graduate courses in substance use prevention, treatment and policy standard as an international course.
At its 62nd session in March 2019 the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) adopted by consensus the Ministerial Declaration entitled “Strengthening Our Actions at the National, Regional and International Levels to Accelerate the Implementation of our Joint Commitments to Address and Counter the World Drug Problem”. (https://www.unodc.org/documents/commissions/CND/2019/Ministerial_Declaration.pdf)
Following the format used for the thematic discussions held within the CND since 2016, Member States developed a multi-year workplan and will hold, every autumn, inter-active meetings aiming to address...
Pre-symposium workshop: Medical management of opioid use disorders — Friday, August 19.
Main programme consisting of 5 plenary sessions — Saturday, August 20.
Shared by James Harvey
(ISSUP staff) - 28 يوليو 2022
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Agwogie, Martin O., 'Addressing drug challenges in health and humanitarian crises: Settings in need of care for a comprehensive drug use prevention in Nigeria', Paper Presentation, State House Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria, June 2022
ورقة مقدمة في الاحتفال باليوم الدولي لمكافحة إساءة استعمال المخدرات والاتجار غير المشروع بها لعام 2022، مركز مؤتمرات ستيت هاوس، أبوجا، نيجيريا.
Shared by James Harvey
(ISSUP staff) - 21 يوليو 2022
Call for Applications: UNODC launches the CHILD Implementation Grants Programme for the 1st time to strengthen the capacity of civil society from low- and middle-income countries working with children at risk of using drugs.
This first call for proposals builds on past CHILD capacity-building initiatives in South American, African, and Asian countries and is therefore limited to not-for-profit organizations from these continents.
The Ministry of Health has been advised to add two non-nicotine drugs to Kenya’s Essential Medicines List, to help smokers quit tobacco and nicotine addiction.
The World Health Organization said the two drugs bring “a powerful shift in the fight against the tobacco epidemic.”
The two are bupropion and varenicline, which are more effective than the current cessation drugs, which contain nicotine.