Permintaan Alkohol di Afrika Selatan

Penjualan, pengeluaran, dan distribusi minuman keras dilarang dalam penguncian nasional pada level 5 dan 4 (DMA, 2002; Peraturan Amandemen 2020:22). Larangan alkohol yang diberlakukan selama tingkat ini menyoroti perilaku yang tidak menentu di mana penjarahan gerai alkohol di Afrika Selatan diamati (BusinessTech, April 2020). Perilaku yang diamati ini menunjukkan bahwa permintaan alkohol di Afrika Selatan merupakan masalah yang sedang berlangsung (Peltzer, et al., 2011:36). Bencana nasional di mana perang melawan virus baru COVID-19, menjadi prioritas...

Online regional training for trainers (ToT) on Course 10 “Managing Medication-Assisted Treatment Programs” (30 November – 3 December 2020) of the Advanced Level of the Universal Treatment Curriculum for Substance Use Disorders (UTC training package) launched on 30 November 2020.

The main purpose of the training series is to prepare the team of national trainers who will be able to independently train professionals, working in the field of drug dependence treatment and prevention in their own countries in the future. The training was conducted by Dr. Yuriy Rossinskiy (Kazakhstan) and Dr. Oleg...

Пандемия, и связанные с ней ограничения, принесли перемены в жизни практически каждого жителя планеты. Однако, немногие задумываются о том, как изменилась жизнь лиц с расстройствами, вызванными употреблением наркотиков, являющихся одними из самых уязвимых и нуждающихся в постоянной помощи. С одной стороны, закрытие границ во время карантина, привело к резкому сокращению доступа к наркотическим веществам; с другой стороны, стала распространенной проблема потери дохода, к тому же, многие виды зависимости сопровождаются различными заболеваниями и слабым иммунитетом, что делает лиц с зависимостью...

The COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions associated with it have changed people’s lives in almost all countries. However, very few realize how the lives of people with drug use disorders – who are among the most vulnerable and in need of ongoing care – have changed. On the one hand, the closure of borders during quarantine has led to a dramatic reduction in access to narcotic drugs. On the other hand, loss of income has become a problem for people with many forms of dependence accompanied by various diseases. Exposure to COVID-19 can also lead to complications due to their weak immunity.

We...

Pelatihan online regional selama lima hari untuk meningkatkan keterampilan penilai tentang alat jaminan kualitas UNODC/WHO untuk pengobatan ketergantungan obat dimulai pada 12 Oktober 2020. Tujuan dari pelatihan ini adalah untuk memperkuat dukungan kelembagaan untuk memastikan keberhasilan implementasi Kerangka Kerja Jaminan Kualitas UNODC / WHO untuk Layanan Perawatan Ketergantungan Obat di Asia Tengah dan untuk mempromosikan pendekatan ilmiah terhadap kualitas perawatan ketergantungan obat dan layanan perawatan.

Setelah peluncuran  Standar Internasional untuk Pengobatan Gangguan Penggunaan...

Background

In 2019, four Central Asian countries – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan –  piloted the implementation of UNODC's quality assurance mechanisms/tools for the treatment of drug use disorders.

The event was held within the framework of UNODC's global project GLOJ71: "Treatment of Drug Dependence and Its Health Consequences: Tritnet II" with the financial support of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL).

Following the training of drug use disorder treatment professionals from each country , teams of trained evaluators selected...