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Improving reach and access to health promotion and preventive services for vulnerable children and adolescents
Across Europe, one in four children faces poverty or social exclusion, with vulnerable groups—such as migrants, refugees, and children from disadvantaged families—bearing the greatest burden. These disparities were worsened by the COVID-19...
Highlights from the 2025 UNODC World Drug Report
Breaking the Silence: Raising Awareness & Reducing Stigma Around Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health
ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (27th Session): Exploring the Intersection of Substance Use Disorders and Mental Health: Challenges and Effective Interventions
Motivational Interviewing: A Pathway to Partnership in Care
Motivational Interviewing (MI) has long been a personal favourite amongst intervention modalities. Much of the work my teams and I have done in the Addiction Psychiatry Division at the University of Cape Town has been anchored in MI’s core...
Substance Use Monitoring and Surveillance: Challenges faced by LMICs
Substance use surveillance has emerged as a crucial public health strategy across Africa, particularly in light of the alarming rise in substance use among adolescents (1). This trend poses significant health risks that require a...
ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (26th Session): The Role of Family in Substance Use Prevention
Connecting Research, Policy, and Prevention: Key Insights into Adolescent Substance Use from ESPAD and MedSPAD Projects
Aspectos Toxicológicos del consumo de Cocaína
Unravelling Risk-Taking in Youth: Pathways to Positive Change
Youth Voices in SUD Management: Challenges and Opportunities
Reflections on Mental Health Day 2024
Strengthening Substance Use Prevention in Tanzania through Evidence-Based Interventions
Uso de Internet en Adolescentes: Riesgos, Consecuencias y Vínculos con el Consumo de Sustancias y el Juego
Impacto de la Desinformación y la Información Errónea sobre Drogas en Niños y Adolescentes.
Strategies for Overcoming Stigma: Addressing Substance Use Disorder in the United Kingdom
ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (24th Session): Cannabis Use Disorder - Changing Trends and Treatment Approaches
Community Mobilisation, Co-Development, and Program Evaluation: Experiences from STAD’s Community-Based Interventions
2024 UNODC World Drug Report Highlights, brief reflections
The World Drug Report (WDR) is published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2023). It serves to collate data received from United Nations member states which enables the...
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