This week the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has released the European Prevention Curriculum - a handbook designed for decision, opinion and policy makers in science-based prevention of substance use. The aim of the EUPC initiative is to implement a standardised prevention training curriculum in Europe and improve the overall effectiveness of prevention.

Adapted from the Universal Prevention Curriculum by the EU-funded UPC-Adapt group, the handbook is based on the International Standards on Drug Use Prevention and the European Drug Prevention Quality...

Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) was developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) to assist nations in reducing the demand and supply of tobacco. In 2020, 182 nations joined the FCTC, approving to implement the recommended tobacco control measures.

By August 2006, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (UAE) ratified the WHO FCTC. Given the unique political, cultural, and religious context – and known tobacco industry efforts to influence tobacco use- in these nations, a careful examination...

The Global Synthetic Drugs Assessment 2020 provides an analysis of the global synthetic drugs market.

• The first part of this report provides options for responses to counter the synthetic drug problem.
• The second part presents a global thematic analysis of the key trends and emerging developments of the synthetic drugs market as well as the recent trends in the manufacture of synthetic drugs, including the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• The third part provides the key findings of the synthetic drug situation in the different regions of the world.

Global Synthetic Drugs Assessment

There is extensive work being carried in Africa out by the DDR partners.

This map highlights what kind of work is taking place in the different areas of the continent.

Tobacco use is the primary risk factor common to the four main groups of non-communicable diseases— cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic lung disease and diabetes (NCD Alliance).

Figures gathered from the Egypt Global Adult Tobacco Survey (2009) show that Egypt is listed as one of the top ten per capita consumers of tobacco. 

Despite being particularly vulnerable to damage from tobacco use, there is a particularly high prevalence of smoking amongst older adults in Egypt.

The aim of this study was to investigate how many older adults in Egypt use tobacco in its different forms.

This...

Вступая в Десятилетие действий 2030 года, УНП ООН признает необходимость активизации усилий в Африке. УНП ООН предлагает принять «необычный для бизнеса» подход, чтобы поддержать Африку в достижении Целей в области устойчивого развития и приоритетных целей Повестки дня Африканского союза на период до 2063 года. ЮНОДК обязуется сотрудничать с Африкой в целях более эффективного решения значительного числа вопросов , имеющих решающее значение для стабильности, охраны, безопасности и здоровья в Африке, и никого не оставить без внимания.

Как сообщила Исполнительный директор г-жа Гада Вали во время Д...

После свержения Муаммара Каддафи в 2011 году Ливия столкнулась с проблемами безопасности и экономики. Незаконный оборот и потребление наркотиков также значительно возросли за последние годы.  В этом докладе Института мира США документируется незаконный оборот наркотиков, употребление наркотиков, усилия по лечению и динамика конфликта в Ливии.