Policy
The 24th International AIDS Conference
The 24th International AIDS Conference will take place 29th July- 2nd of August.
Taking place in person in Montreal, Canada, as well as virtually, AIDS 2022 will call on the world to come together to re-engage and follow the science.
It will define future research agendas, shift latest evidence to action, and chart a new consensus on overcoming the HIV epidemic as a threat to public health and individual well-being.
23rd International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety (ICADTS) Conference
23rd International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety (ICADTS) Conference
28-31 August 2022
De Doelen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
15th European Public Health Conference 2022
The 15th European Public Health Conference 2022 will take place in Berlin from the 9th till the 12th of November.
The theme of the conference is Strengthening health systems: improving population health and being prepared for the unexpected
The subthemes are:
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Preparing for the unexpected: lessons learned from Covid-19 and other disasters
Professionalization and Strengthening of the Drug Demand Reduction Workforce.
Chaired by Livia Edegger, Deputy Director of the International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP), the specialist in this panel spoke about the importance of creating and strengthening the workface in drug demand reduction...
The importance of evidence-based policy and practice
What do we mean by evidence and why does it matter? This article, published by Drugs Research Network Scotland, discusses the hierarchy of evidence and the way evidence can be used to inform effective and efficient drug policy and practice...
World Hepatitis Summit 2022
The World Hepatitis Summit (WHS) is an innovative, large-scale, global meeting to advance the viral hepatitis agenda and provide a platform for a broad hepatitis community to take stock of progress to date, share ideas, experiences and best practices in addressing the many challenges of viral hepatitis.
New Zealand Announces Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 Action Plan
New Zealand is making history with the launch of a bold Smokefree Action Plan that aims to reduce daily smoking prevalence to less than 5 percent for all population groups across the country by 2025. The aim of the new plan is to eliminate...
From harm to hope: A ten year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives
Here you can read the UK governments 10-year plan to reduce illegal drug use. The 10-year plan is also the formal, substantive response to the Independent Reviews of Drugs led by Dame Carol Black and accepts all of her key recommendations...
United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs: Reconvened Sixty-fourth Session
The reconvened sixty-fourth session will take place 9-10 December 2021.
Minimum unit pricing evidence from Scotland and Wales
Is minimum unit pricing working? Examining the evidence from Scotland and Wales
About this event
Professor Eileen Kaner, Newcastle University, will share with us the findings of the Impact of minimum unit pricing on alcohol purchases in Scotland and Wales study, as published in The Lancet.