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Quality Assurance
The application and integration of the best available research, clinical expertise, quality marks and patient preferences to ensure high-quality care in substance use disorders services.
Further enhancing the implementation of quality standards in drug demand reduction across Europe
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QUALITY CHAMPIONS EVENTS - PALMA DE MALLORCA, 5TH-6TH MAY, 2022
This event, offered in a hybrid format, was attended by 68 participants –53 in person and 15 online—who presented and discussed initiatives on prevention...
Quality of life profile of methadone maintenance treatment patients in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Aim: To determine the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of methadone maintenance treatment patients in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Subject and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 967 patients being treated at two methadone...
Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Thirteenth Session)
ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to attend their next Bi-Monthly Webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. The Webinar topic will be Beyond Dependence: Alcohol-induced Disorders.
Learning Outcomes:
• Sensitization to the wide range...
Keynote Speakers - WHO & UNODC and ICQ Official Launch, Day 2, Track 1, 08:00-09:00
Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, in-person on 13th May, 2022
Presentations:
- Keynote WHO - Dr Vladimir Poznyak MD, PhD
- Keynote UNODC - Giovanna Campello
- ICQ Official Launch...
Drug Policy, Day 1, Track 1, 11:00-12:30
Presented as part of the Uniting the global community to face the challenge of addiction event, in-person on 12th of May,2022
Presentations:
- Advocacy! Making Your Voice Known for Drug Demand Reduction - US. Senator Mattie Hunter
- Develo...
Patient perspectives on depot buprenorphine treatment for opioid addiction – a qualitative interview study
Background
Recently developed buprenorphine depot injections have the potential to reduce risk for diversion and misuse, and to increase adherence with fewer visits for supervised intake. However, it is unclear how patients perceive this...
A qualitative study exploring how young people perceive and experience substance use services in British Columbia, Canada
Background
Substance use among youth (ages 12–24) is troublesome given the increasing risk of harms associated. Even more so, substance use services are largely under utilised among youth, most only accessing support when in crisis. Few...
یو ان او ډی سی د نشه یی توکو د تقاضا د کموالی په اړه د خبرو اترو پراختیا په منځنۍ اسیا کې د آیایس اپ ابوظبی ۲۰۲۲ کنفرانس کې
د UNODC د نړیوال پروژې په چوکاټ کې GLOJ71 " د نشه یی توکو د وابستګۍ درملنه او د هغې روغتیایی پایلې : Treatnet II " UNODC ROCA د مخنیوی ، درملنې او بیا روغونې د برخې په همکاری ( PTRS ) HQ د قزاقستان ، قرغزستان ، تاجکستان او ازبکستان څخه د...
Introduction of new methods and tools for drug use disorders diagnostics and treatment discussed in Kazakhstan
On April 15, 2022, the UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia in collaboration with the Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Mental Health held a “National Round Table Discussion on the application of new methods and tools of drug...
Introduction of new methods and tools for drug use disorders diagnostics and treatment discussed in Tajikistan
On 8 April 2022 UNODC conducted a national round table meeting on the introduction of new methods and tools for drug use disorders diagnostics and treatment in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
The event brought together some 20 experts from the...
National Round Table Discussion on application of new methods and tools of drug use disorders diagnostics and treatment in Uzbekistan
On 25 March 2022 the UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia held a National Round Table Discussion on application of new methods and tools of drug use disorders’ diagnostics and treatment in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The meeting was attended by...
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder - Quality standard
Latest quality standard published sets out how health and care services can improve the diagnosis, assessment, and prevention of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).
The quality standard highlights five key areas for improvement:
- ...
د درد مدیریت کې د روغتیا پاملرنې تعلیمی توپیرونه ، د ماشومتوب منفی تجربې او د موادو کارولو اختلال تعلیم سره د دوی اړیکې
د اوهایو لوی څارنوال د یو شمیر اکاډمیک برخو کارپوهان د اپیوایډ مخنیوی او تعلیم ساینسی کمیټې (SCOPE) ته وټاکل ترڅو په متحده ایالاتو کې د اپیوایډ بحران سره مبارزه کې د اوهایو ایالت سره مرسته وکړی. د SCOPE تمرکز د موادو کارولو اختلالاتو کمولو...
د هغو کسانو په منځ کې چې د ایچ آی وی د ناوخته وړاندې کولو سره نشه یی توکی پیچکارۍ کوی : د میټا تحلیل
د اکیټکل ایمیون د کموالی سنډروم په وخت کې د اخته کسانو لپاره د پروفیلاکسیس کارولو ته اجازه ورکوی چې د اپورټناټیک وسایطو په وړاندې وکاروی او د ثانوی پیچلتیاوو لپاره ژر تر ژره درملنه پیل کړی. هغه خلک چې درملنه ترلاسه کوی د ټولنیز ملاتړ د...
The prevalence and pattern of cannabis use among patients attending a methadone treatment clinic in Nairobi, Kenya
Cannabis is the most widely used illegal substance in the world, with a global prevalence of 4% among people aged 15 to 64 years and a recent trend of growing use. Cannabis usage can have negative health consequences, such as impaired...
Staff preferences towards electronic data collection from a national take-home naloxone program: a cross-sectional study
In Norway, overdose mortality is over 260 per year, with opioids being implicated in the majority of cases. In 2014, the Norwegian government announced a government-funded nationwide overdose prevention initiative in response to the country...
هغه خطرونه او زیانونه چې په کاناډا کې د نشه یی توکو په ناتنظیمه اکمالاتو کې د بنزودیازپاینونو د غیر طبی کارولو سره تړاو لری
لنډیز
د موادو د استعمال خطرونه د هغو خلکو لپاره چې په غیر تنظیم شوی بازار کې نشه یی توکی ترلاسه کوی د پام وړ زیات دی ځکه چې د کیفیت کنټرول نشته او د نشه یی توکو محتوا د وړاندوینې وړ نه ده. دا د وړاندوینې نشتوالی د COVID-19 پانډیمی په جریان...
په پاکستان کې د نشه یی توکو د استعمال د بې نظمیو د درملنې لپاره د نړیوال معیار سره سم په پاکستان کې د کیفیت د تضمین په اړه ټینګه ژمنه
UNODC پاکستان د نشه یی توکو وزارت ، د روغتیا د ملی خدمتونو د تنظیم او همغږۍ وزارت ، د UNODC د مخنیوی ، درملنې او بیا روغونې د برخې او د امریکا د بهرنیو چارو وزارت د سخاوتمند بودیجې د ملاتړ په ملتیا د ۲۰۲۱ کال د نومبر په ۲۳ مه د « د نشه یی...
The Adverse Childhood Experiences Concept (ACE) in a Research Sample of Imprisoned Children of Addicted Parents
INTRODUCTION
The ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) concept is based on the results of an American population-based cohort study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine in 1998. ACE is classified into three groups: abuse...
Client’s Characterization in the Community Treatment Approach: Methodological Foundations and Evidence
BACKGROUND: The identity and social representation of people linked to drugs depend on their interaction with the system that collects and analyses the critical data used to describe it. AIM: The aim of this study is to see if by adopting a...
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