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UNODC WHO Revised International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders

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This document, ‘The International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders' is the work of UNODC and WHO to support Member States in their efforts to develop and expand effective, evidence-based and ethical treatment for drug use...

UNODC WHO ISSUP treatment substance use drug use disorders.

Opening remarks at the 4th WHO Forum on Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behaviours

ISSUP gave their opening remarks at the esteemed 4th World Health Organization (WHO) Forum on Alcohol, Drugs, and Behaviours earlier today, 27th June 2023.

WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) Information Repository

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1 June 2023

On Thursday, June 1st, the WHO launched the Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) Information Repository, which provides health professionals and drug policy experts with a single searchable database to freely access all technical reports on over 450 substances reviewed by the ECDD.

WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) Information Repository

Parenting interventions in the context of prevention: New guidelines and a call for action

ISSUP Webinar

18 May 2023

ISSUP Lebanon present their Webinar on Parenting interventions in the context of prevention.

Parenting interventions in the context of prevention: New guidelines and a call for action

18 May 2023

Beirut

Lebanon

ISSUP Lebanon would like to invite you to their upcoming Webinar on Parenting interventions in the context of prevention.

Global Consultation with Professional Associations and Academia on the Implementation of the Global Alcohol Action Plan (GAAP) 2022-2030

ISSUP attended a consultation at the WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland along with other key professional associations and academic groups held on 18-20 January 2023.

WHO stakeholder survey on improving access to morphine for medical use

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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...

Launch of the WHO/Europe Report on Minimum Pricing of Alcohol

21 June 2022

Copenhagen

A new WHO/Europe report: “No place for cheap #alcohol: the potential value of minimum pricing for protecting lives” launches on 21 June at 14:00 CEST.

Which countries have pricing policies on alcohol & what is their impact?

WHA adopts Global Alcohol Action Plan

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On Friday 27 May in Geneva, the 75th World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted the WHO Global Alcohol Action Plan 2022-2030, a key global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol.

Safeguarding Public Health: Managing Conflict of Interest and Interference in Alcohol Policy to Support the Safer Implementation

19 May 2022

Online

The objective of this webinar is to support decision-makers who protect effective alcohol regulations by raising awareness of conflicts of interests, summarizing the current evidence on interference from the alcohol industry in public health policy as well as discuss best practices.

Themes

Epidemiology and Etiology

Supply control

Emergency Resources