The VNGOC together with NYNGOC and the UNODC Civil Society Unit is organizing an online side event in the margins of the 2023 ECOSOC Partnership Forum on 31 January 2023 at 8.30 AM. The event is titled: The central role of civil society in drug policies, COVID-19 and achieving the 2030 Agenda

BACKGROUND:

In many countries families have rarely been involved in addressing treatment and interventions for family members with substance use disorders (SUDs). The aims of this study were to measure the influence of substance use on users’ family members and to evaluate what and if any interventions were conducted by and with family members in the three countries of Kazakhstan, Pakistan, and Ukraine.

METHODS:

A convenience sample approach was used to identify the involvement of families in the treatment and recovery process of a subject using substances and to provide country specific...

On 10 August, 2022, UNODC jointly with the representatives of ministries and state departments of the Republic of Uzbekistan, members of the Youth Parliament at the Legislative Chamber and the Senate of the Oliy Majlis (Parliament), as well as representatives of UNICEF and international experts participated in a round table on the theme "Youth for a healthy lifestyle". The event was organized on the initiative of the Youth Parliament, with the support of the Committee on Youth Affairs, Culture and Sports, and the Committee on Judicial-Legal Issues and Anti-Corruption of the Senate of the Oliy...

The UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia held a Regional Training of Trainers (ToT) on Course 13 – “Contingency Management: A Reinforcement Based Treatment” which took place in person in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 27-29 July 2022. This course is a part of the Advanced Level of the Universal Treatment Curriculum for Substance Use Disorders (UTC training package).

The twenty (20) members of the national team of trainers from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan attended the training delivered by the team of UTC Regional Master Trainers.

“Building on human resources trained already on evidence...

Brief Description:

The Executive Secretariat of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (ES-CICAD) is seeking expressions of interest from experts in the field of alternatives to incarceration and social integration to be trained as Master Trainers for the delivery of the Case Care Management curriculum internationally. Upon successful completion of the Training of Trainers, these Master Trainers will be included on the Case Care Management roster of trainers and can be contacted to deliver the training when scheduled. If interested, please submit your resume and relevant information...

Dear friends and colleagues, 

The Commission on Narcotic Drugs is starting very soon! In fact, tomorrow, Monday, 14 March 2022. 

Once again, all sessions, as well as the side events, are to be held online due to the pandemic. The good thing about that means that, you can still follow the plenaries and the side events! That’s why we thought that you might appreciate having all the links in one place.

GENERAL LINKS TO FOLLOW CND

• Link to 65th session with general information on organizational arrangements: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/commissions/CND/session/65_Session_2022/65CND_Main...

I progetti di sperimentazione di efficacia ibrida sono diventati sempre più diffusi nella ricerca sull'implementazione. Mentre i progetti ibridi entrano nel loro secondo decennio di uso diffuso, la sezione Scienza dell'implementazione di Frontiers in Health Services lancia un argomento di ricerca per alimentare il discorso del campo sul passato, presente e futuro dei progetti ibridi nella traduzione della conoscenza.   Sono graditi contributi di articoli di ricerca originale e / o breve, revisione, metodi e prospettiva. L'invito affronta valutazioni critiche dei progetti ibridi, l'uso...

13-14 dicembre 2021 Il workshop regionale UNODC/OMS sugli standard internazionali per il trattamento dei disturbi da uso di droghe (DUD) si è tenuto a Tashkent, in Uzbekistan, in formato ibrido. All'evento hanno partecipato 25 responsabili politici dell'Asia centrale e funzionari di alto livello del Ministero della Salute e di altri ministeri competenti coinvolti nello sviluppo delle politiche, nella pianificazione, nel finanziamento, nella consegna, nel monitoraggio e nella valutazione dei servizi di trattamento e degli interventi per il DUD. Questo workshop UNODC / OMS mirava a informare...