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A Review of the Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Prevention Systems in Kenya
Researchers predict that harm from substance use and rates of substance use disorders in sub-Saharan Africa will increase significantly in the next 30 years.
In order to have a well-functioning health system that works in harmony, the...
Plenary 6: Review and Reflections - A Panel Session
Plenary 5: Role of Legislators and Traditional health Practitioners in Drug Demand Reduction
Plenary 4: Epidemiology and Its Role in Drug Demand Reduction
Plenary 3: A Focus on Treatment and Recovery
Plenary 2: Evidence-based Prevention: Policy and Practice
Plenary 1: Setting the Scene for Drug Demand Reduction in Africa
COVID-19 and the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders (South Africa)
COVID-19, along with associated restrictions, has and continues to impact on the access to and provision of health care services. This talk hones in on the impact on services for substance use disorders, presenting new insights arising from...
Uso de cannabis aumenta a incidência de psicose?
Será que a legalização e comercialização do uso de cannabis aumentam a incidência e prevalência de psicose?
Há uma tendência mundial política de liberalização e comercialização da cannabis. Uruguai legalizou a cannabis recreativa em 2013...
Putting a touch of Eternity into our lives
Father Haroldo Rahm lived and died at the age of 100 opening doors or building bridges to save lives. He was freemind's great inspiration and spiritual mentor. He left a legacy of living and written works that made him immortal. In his book...
Navigating Addiction and Treatment A Guide for Families
About the Report
Navigating Addiction and Treatment: A Guide for Families is a resource for family members who are trying to navigate the complex world of addiction and help loved ones achieve recovery. The guide includes basic definitions...
COVID-19- Alcohol and Tobacco Policies in Africa
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the world, governments made crucial decisions in order to reduce the strain on health services experiencing extreme pressure.
One way that some governments chose to reduce this pressure, was to...
Grenada Drug Epidemiology Network Annual Report, Volume I & II, 2019
Grenada Drug Epidemiology Network Annual Report, Volume 1 & II, 2019
Drugs put the entire community at risk
Discussions on the decriminalization of drug possession for personal consumption are increasing, including an extraordinary appeal still pending judgment in the Supreme Court on this subject (RExt. 635.659).
However, it is frightening to...
Parent participation and prevention at school
In another video of the channel Prevent Always, Rodrigo Flaire and Claudemir dos Santos end the series that deals with life skills, talking about the importance of parents' participation for prevention in school,about how parents can...
The Treatment Organisation is the Healing Context. Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix cell D3
THE TREATMENT ORGANISATION IS THE HEALING CONTEXT
We said that of the treatment of problem drinking in general, and it remains the case for specifically medical treatments. Cell D3 focuses on that context at the level of the treatment or...
Cruz Martín del Campo, S., León Parra, B. and Angulo Rosas, E.A. (2019). What you need to know about drugs. Mexico: Youth Integration Centers.
In 2013, under the convocation of the National Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC), a group of experts in reducing the demand for drugs, several government institutions and civil society organizations met to develop the "Communicator's Guide...
New Training of Staff in Medication Assisted Treatment
Uganda Has now officially started training in harm reduction and has created Medically Assisted Treatment (MAT) Clinics in one of its National referral Mental Hospital Alcohol and Drug Unit.
The training is ongoing for new and existing...
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