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Improving Maternal Outcomes with Methadone High-dose Stabilization and 72hour Dispensing in the Setting of Fentanyl Use

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Disparities remain prevalent for individuals with OUD in perinatal care settings in the United States, and the ability to access and express full health potential is limited for individuals who use drugs when they are not provided with standard and lifesaving care throughout their pregnancy.
Submitted by Luciana Bruno -

Substance Use Disorder in Pregnancy: Navigating Confidentiality Law to Deliver Evidence- Based Collaborative Care

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Women
The Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration and leading obstetrical and addiction medicine groups recommend prenatal care, medications to treat OUD, behavioral health therapy, and a cross-sector collaborative approach to address social determinant of health as best-practice treatment for pregnant individuals with OUD.
Submitted by Luciana Bruno -

Building Access To Rehabilitation Services For Substance Use Disorders In Indonesia Through Community-Based Intervention (Ibm)

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Nearly 90 percent of people who use substance/drugs do not experience as substance used disorders, thus not requiring inpatient treatment. Informal services (self-care and community treatment) are the most needed and also the cheapest to set up and provide. However, many countries often establish the most expensive and intensive types of services, which focus on institutions (Community-Based Drug Services for People Who Use Drugs in Southeast Asia, 2018).
Submitted by Luciana Bruno -

Peer Education Intervention to Reduce Substance Use in Southern Africa: Preliminary Findings from a Southern Africa Pilot Study

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Peer and Community Support
Adolescents and young adults constitute a large proportion of the population in sub-Saharan Africa but face high levels of disability and mortality. This is influenced by unhealthy substance use, largely with friends, in a predominantly gender normative environment where poverty is widespread.
Submitted by Luciana Bruno -

Empowering Recovery: The Green Crescent Women’s Forum on Addiction and Recovery (WFAR) and Gender-Responsive Models in Collaboration with the Gender Working Network (GWN)

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This presentation will be featured at Indonesia 2025, on the 17.09.2025.

Authors:

Sedef Erçetin Gencosmanoğlu

Hendrée E. Jones

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The Turkish Green Crescent Society (TGCS), established in 1920, has long been a pioneer in...

Submitted by Luciana Bruno -

Helpline – Entrance Door To (Un)Sustainable Recovery Paths

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This presentation explores the pivotal role of addiction recovery helplines in enabling more sustainable recovery pathways and nurturing positive, recovery-oriented environments within communities. Drawing on nine years of data from recovery helpline services operated by local NGOs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro, the evaluation offers valuable insights into the needs, challenges, and experiences...
Submitted by Luciana Bruno -

The Danger of the Kampung and the Promise of Work: Examining Drug Recovery and its Limits in Aceh, Indonesia

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In Aceh, Indonesia, a small but committed group of addictions professionals are working to expand the drug recovery system. The province hosts public and private recovery centres run by a number of social organizations, including the national health service (Dinkes), the police (Satpol PP), and publicly registered charities (Yayasan).
Submitted by Luciana Bruno -

Analyzing 10 Years of Drug Use Trends and Transforming Addiction Care Beyond Rehabilitation

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Indonesia maintains one of the world's most stringent narcotics legal frameworks, codified in Law 35/2009, which imposes severe sanctions ranging from lengthy mandatory minimum prison sentences to capital punishment. This punitive stance has precipitated a crisis of hyper-incarceration, with national prison overcrowding averaging 108% with some facilities operating at 198% capacity, and detention centers exceeding 210%.
Submitted by Luciana Bruno -

Rehabilitation Policies And Strategies For Substance Use Disorder In Indonesia

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Recovery-Oriented Services
Substance use disorders (SUD) is a global health problem. Approximately 3.3 million people in Indonesia age 15-64 were use drugs (BNN Prevalence data,2023). Drugs problem management continues as an effort to develop holistic, integral, and sustainable rehabilitation arrangements for substance uses disorders, prioritizing professionalism, dedication, and responsibility.
Submitted by Luciana Bruno -

Women’s Substance Use Treatment and Recovery

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This report from the Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health reviews what we know about women’s substance use treatment and recovery in Canada. It highlights the need for trauma-informed, culturally sensitive, and family-focused care. Since...

Submitted by Rasha Abi Hana -

Day 3, 09:00 - 10:30, ICUDDR, State of Science Across the Spectrum of Substance Use

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ICUDDR

Presented at Thessaloniki 2024, on the 28th of June, 2024

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The field of drug demand reduction is ever-evolving, particularly in the era of the increasing penetration of synthetic drugs into the global market, necessitating the...

Submitted by Luciana Bruno -

Day 3, 14:00 - 15:30, ICUDDR, Global Approaches in Substance Use Prevention , Treatment and Recovery: Insights from Vietnam, East Africa and the Madives

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Presented at Thessaloniki 2024, on the 28th of June, 2024. 

Moderator: Dr. Rehana Kader (⚑ South Africa) - SA ICUDDR

Presentations:

Duc Nguyen - Evolution of Vietnam's Strategies in Drug Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery: A Two-Decade...

Submitted by Luciana Bruno -

Day 1, 14:00 - 15:30, ISSUP, From Passion to Practice: Making Long-Term Recovery a Reality

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Recovery Support
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GRN

Presented at Thessaloniki 2024, on the 26th of June, 2024.

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Increasingly, recovery from a substance use disorder is being recognized as a distinct point on the continuum of care for someone affected by a substance use disorder...

Submitted by Luciana Bruno -

Day 1, 09:00 - 10.30, The Art of Healing 2024 Opening Ceremony

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The Art of Healing 2024 Opening Ceremony, presented in Thessaloniki on the 26th of June, 2024, with Joanna Travis Roberts and Kevin Mulvey.

Submitted by Luciana Bruno -

URC 1st Echo Training Programme in Sri Lanka

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URC RECOVERY ALLIES The URC -Recovery Allies curriculum is an opportunity to help 18 people of NDDCB as another great gift received by Sri Lanka through the Colombo Plan Drug Adversary Program (DAP) at the time of great influence.

The 18...

Submitted by Pradeep Kumara Koholanegedara -
URC 1st Echo Training Programme in Sri Lanka.

Global Civil Society Report for the 2024 mid-term review of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

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VNGOC

The Vienna & New York NGO Committees on Drugs are pleased to present the global civil society report for the 2024 mid-term review of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND).
The report is the result of constructive inputs by more than 200...

Submitted by James Harvey (ISSUP staff) -
Vienna & New York NGO Committees on Drugs are pleased to present the global civil society report for the 2024

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