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‘Doing More With Less’: An Appropriate Response to Alcohol-Related Death?
Deaths in England directly caused by alcohol rose by 11% between 2006 and 2017. During the same period, hospital admissions in which alcohol misuse was a primary factor increased by 17%.
In 2017 alone almost 1 million hospital admissions...
ښه او روغ ماشومان : د روغتیا د برابرۍ د پرمختګ لپاره د ساینس ، تمرین ، او پالیسۍ سمون
د وخت تجربې او د ژوند حالات د ماشومتوب او د ماشومتوب د لومړیو وختو پرمختګ ته بڼه ورکوی، په مخ په ودې مغز او بدن باندې چې د ژوند په اوږدو کې روغتیایی پایلې جوړوی او کولای شی نسلونه وغزوی. د ژوند د اوږد یدو او روغتیا لپاره د پرمختګ حساس...
Hepatitis C New Models of Care for Drugs Services
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has a high prevalence in people who inject drugs in Europe, although HCV infection is both preventable and curable.
European clinical guidelines recommend that all patients with chronic liver disease as a...
Training of Trainers on the Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC) in Pakistan
From 15 - 19 July 2019, UNODC trained a total of 16 trainers in Pakistan on the Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC) Course-8 which covers Media-based interventions. The training of trainers (ToT) of UPC in Pakistan consists of 3 selected...
Report of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2019
26 June 2019 was the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. 
Multiple campaigns, rallies, poster designing and programs were conducted in the observance of the day. The theme of this year’s day was “Health for Justice...
د ځوانانو په نشه یی توکو باندې ناوړه چلند او د یو بل سره د مخ کیدو ستونزې
۷۰٪–۸۰ په سلو کې د هغو کوچنیو کسانو چې د مادې د کارولو بې نظمی لری ، هم د زړه له تله روانی رنځپوهنه راپه برخه کوی، چې د همغږو بې نظمیو یا دوه ګونی تشخیص په نوم هم پېژندل کېږی. همدرازه اختلال د مادې د استعمال د بې نظمۍ تر څنګ د یو یا څو...
Training of Trainers on Advance UTC Courses 9 & 14 for Malaysia
The Training of Trainers on Advance UTC Courses 9 & 14 in Malaysia ran from 17-25 June 2019. It was held at NADA Training Center, Sungai Petani, Kedah.
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National Symposium on “Experiences, Challenges and Strategies in Strengthening the Capacity of the Drug Treatment Workforce” and Training on the Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) in Jakarta, Indonesia
The UNODC Programme Office for Indonesia in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Affairs, Directorate for People Who Use Drugs organized a National Symposium and Training on the Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) for Drug Dependence...
GISA Trains School Principals on UPC in Nigeria
Global Initiative on Substance Abuse (GISA) has commenced the training of secondary schools principals in Lagos state, Nigeria on the Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC) for Substance Use Disorders.
Leading on from the first batch of a...
Prevention and Treatment of Opioid Misuse and Addiction
This paper provides many pieces of research in the search for the most effective treatments for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD). They touch on the effectiveness of Medication-Assisted Treatment. The authors also describe the most at-risk...
د اپیډیا د استعمال د بې نظمۍ درمل ژوند خوندی کوی
دا خپرونه د اپیلیوی استعمال د بې نظمۍ لپاره د شواهدو پر بنسټ مختلفې درملنې ارزوی او په ځانګړی ډول د درملو پر بنسټ د درملنې موثریت په سمه توګه روښانه کوی.
Medication-Assisted Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder: Review of the Evidence and Future Directions
This article is a review and analysis of past research that finds substantial evidence for the positive results of Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) in treating Opioid Use Disorder.
د فبرورۍ او مارچ ګڼه د نشه یی توکو د سلاکارۍ د روزنې مرکز ( DATH ) میاشتنی راپور
د نشه یی توکو د مشاورت د روزنې مرکز ( DATH ) & YOCFAN ټیم خپل وروستی میاشتنی راپورونه په پاکستان کې د نشه یی توکو د تقاضا د کمښت په برخه کې ترسره شوی دی.
همدارنګه د نشه یی توکو د کارولو د مخنیوی په کار کې د ښکیلو ادارو د تفصیلاتو وړاندې...
Unplugged Newsletter
The European Drug Addiction Prevention trial team (EU-Dap) have put together their first 'Unplugged' newsletter!
The aim of the EU-Dap project is to contribute to the evidence concerning the effectiveness of drug prevention programs. Part...
Reducing Barriers to Trauma Inquiry in SUD Treatment
Despite the high rate of traumatic events in clients with substance use disorders, trauma exposure often remains undetected in a majority of treatment-seeking clients. Improving health professionals’ knowledge and skills in the inquiry of...
Impact of a Brief Intervention Program in Clinical Practice: Barriers and Adaptations
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The present study analyzes the main barriers and adaptations to brief interventions that focus on addictive behavior treatments carried out in clinical settings by 756 health professionals during their adoption...
We are Family - Families and their Role in Prevention and Treatment of Drug Use, Crime and Violence, Including the Prevention of Recruitment into Violent Extremist Groups
The 28th Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) is being held from 20 - 24 May 2019. On Monday, 20 May 2019 UNODC's Prevention Treatment and Rehabilitation Section organized a side event on We are Family: Families and...
Enhanced Knowledge of Serbian Policymakers on the Nature, Prevention and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders
More than twenty-five (25) Serbian high-level decision makers from Ministries of Health, Education, Social Affairs and Counternarcotics are participating in the three-day workshop on creating humane, effective and evidence-based drug use...
Priorities for UNODC Work on Drug Prevention and Treatment in Southeastern Europe
The programme of work of UNODC in any region of the world is developed in a consultative process together with the concerned Member States. That is why UNODC organised a Regional Consultative Meeting on the Development of the Sub-Programme...
