All Resources for 'Policy, Governance & International Affairs'

UNODC Training on the Nature, Prevention and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders with more than 60 Cambodian Policymakers

Format
News
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Policy
Law Enforcement
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

More than 60 policy-makers participated at UNODC Workshop on the Nature, Prevention and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders for Policy Makers in Siem Reap, Cambodia from 12 to 14 June 2019. This high-level workshop was inaugurated by H.E Prof...

Prenatal Alcohol Screening During Pregnancy by Midwives and Nurses

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Populations
Women

Abstract

Background

Alcohol use during pregnancy can have a variety of harmful consequences on the fetus. Lifelong effects include growth restriction, characteristic facial anomalies, and neurobehavioral dysfunction. This range of effects...

Alcohol Use and Breast Cancer Risk

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Populations
Women
Public Health
Despite the clear associations between alcohol consumption and breast cancer, public awareness of this issue is low.

Substance Use Prevention for Adolescents: The Icelandic Model

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Format
Scientific article
Themes
Prevention
Populations
Family
Public Health
Policy

Back in the 1990s, results from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs (ESPAD) highlighted concerning levels of adolescent substance use in Iceland. Since the publication of the ESPAD results, Icelandic authorities...

Alcohol Country Fact Sheets

Format
Leaflet, Infographic, Fact sheet, Poster
Themes
Policy
Prevention
Public Health
The 30 country fact sheets for EU Member States, Norway and Switzerland present data on consumption, consequence, and policy implementation for the year 2016, aiming to give guidance to national decision-makers for further priority-setting in the field of alcohol and public health.

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