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WHO stakeholder survey on improving access to morphine for medical use
WHO launched a survey on assessing barriers, enablers, and pirority actions for improving access to morphine for medical use.
All Civil Society Organisation can contribute by filling out the survey before 31 August 2022.
The survey is...
Лекция 1: Центральноазиатский цикл открытых лекций по скринингу, оценке и лечению расстройств, связанных с употреблением психоактивных веществ
Открытые лекции будут проводиться по совместной инициативе ISSUP Ukraine, ISSUP Kazakhstan и ITTC Ukraine.
Национальный круглый стол по завершенному исследованию распространенности новых психоактивных веществ
Приглашаем специалистов Министерства здравоохранения РК, Министерства внутренних дел РК, Казахского научного центра дерматологии и инфекционных заболеваний, представителей UNODC, UNAIDS, неправительственных организаций, руководителей и врачей региональных Центров психического здоровья.
Improving equity and access to buprenorphine treatment through telemedicine at syringe services programs
Background
In the United States, access to buprenorphine remains low and disparities regarding who receives treatment have emerged. Federal laws have regulated buprenorphine delivery, ultimately limiting its implementation more broadly...
The effects of opioid policy changes on transitions from prescription opioids to heroin, fentanyl and injection drug use: a qualitative analysis
Background
Beginning in the 1990s, non-medical use of prescription opioids (POs) became a major public health crisis. In response to rising rates of opioid dependence and fatal poisonings, measures were instituted to decrease the...
Addressing drug challenges in health and humanitarian crises: Settings in need of care for a comprehensive drug use prevention in Nigeria
Paper presented at the commemoration of the 2022 International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking, State House Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria.
The UNODC/PTRS demand reduction mentor at the UNODC Programme Office in Indonesia provided technical assistance to the National Narcotics Board (BNN) in conducting a national hybrid training for Government Officials on the UNODC Treatnet Family programme
On July 19th, 2022, the Director of Strengthening Government Institution, Deputy of Rehabilitation, BNN officially launched a national hybrid training on the UNODC Treatnet Family programme with 34 representatives from all BNN provinces and...
Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Thirteenth Session)
ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to attend their next Bi-Monthly Webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. The Webinar topic will be Beyond Dependence: Alcohol-induced Disorders.
Learning Outcomes:
• Sensitization to the wide range...
Medición de la liberación de dopamina estriada inducida por estimulación neuropsicológica en tomografía por emisión de positrones con inyecciones duales de [11C]racloprida
Objetivos: La tomografía por emisión de positrones (TEP) con [11C]racloprida se ha aplicado para medir los cambios en la concentración de dopamina endógena inducida por desafío farmacológico o estimulación neuropsicológica mediante la...
Tratamiento del uso concurrente de sustancias y los trastornos de salud mental utilizando herramientas de TCC
Presentado por Jo Cassar (The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney), al final de este seminario web, los asistentes podrán:
- Reconocer la importancia de evaluar el consumo de sustancias...
Eating disorders and AOD use: what clinicians need to know
Presented by Associate Professor Sarah Maguire (Director, InsideOut Institute), by attending this webinar, attendees will learn:
- How to recognise the most common eating disorder symptoms;
- Eating disorder interventions and how workers...
Kenia incluirá medicamentos para dejar de fumar como medicamentos esenciales
Se ha aconsejado al Ministerio de Salud que agregue dos medicamentos sin nicotina a la Lista de Medicamentos Esenciales de Kenia, para ayudar a los fumadores a dejar la adicción al tabaco y la nicotina.
La Organización Mundial de la Salud...
Múltiples desventajas y concurrentes en el uso de sustancias y condiciones de salud mental.
El consumo de sustancias y las necesidades de salud mental son dos de las principales preocupaciones de muchas personas que experimentan desventajas múltiples. Sabemos que a las personas que experimentan ambos problemas al mismo tiempo...
El impacto de la discriminación en los trastornos por consumo de sustancias entre las minorías sexuales
Este documento tuvo como objetivo revisar la literatura sobre el impacto de la discriminación en los trastornos por uso de sustancias entre las minorías sexuales, con un enfoque en el alcohol, los opioides, los estimulantes, el policonsumo...
Ecolink Institute opens UTC training in Hindi
Ecolink Institute starts UTC training in Hindi
Mangalore: The Mangalore based Ecolink Institute of well-being, an approved training provider of the Colombo Plan has started a special training on “Understanding addiction and its treatment...
New psychoactive substances (NPS) - the Irish situation.
This factsheet summarises information and statistics on new psychoactive substances gathered from recent reports on prevalence, treatment, mortality and legislation in Ireland.
The cardiovascular risks and benefits of quit smoking medicines
In this presentation, the speakers reported the results of a series of three population-based cohort studies relating to the use and effects of smoking cessation pharmacotherapies. The first of these studies provided evidence on how the...
World Drug Report 2022
The 2022 World Drug Report provides a global overview of the supply and demand of opiates, cocaine, cannabis, amphetamine-type stimulants and new psychoactive substances (NPS), as well as their impact on health.
Asociación de la exposición prenatal al consumo materno de alcohol y tabaquismo con el riesgo de muerte fetal
Abstracto
Importancia El tabaquismo prenatal es un factor de riesgo modificable conocido para la muerte fetal; sin embargo, la contribución del consumo prenatal de alcohol o la combinación de fumar y beber es incierta.
Objetivo Examinar...
Another Milestone for Kenya: Launch of the National Standard on Management of Persons with Substance Use Disorders
According to the International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders (2020), the use of psychoactive drugs or narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances without medical supervision is associated with significant health risks...
