South African Addiction Medicine Society Symposium
Pre-symposium workshop: Medical management of opioid use disorders — Friday, August 19.
Main programme consisting of 5 plenary sessions — Saturday, August 20.
Addiction
WHO stakeholder survey on improving access to morphine for medical use
WHO launched a survey on assessing barriers, enablers, and pirority actions for improving access to morphine for medical use. All Civil Society Organisation can contribute by filling out the survey before 31 August 2022. The survey is...
Third European Conference on Healthcare in Prison
Date: 21-22 November
Location: LxAddictions conference site
Health Without Barriers — the European Federation for Prison Health — is organising its Third European Conference on Healthcare in Prison in Lisbon in the margins of Lisbon Addictions 2022.
Final conference of the AlHaMBRA Project
Date: 21-22 November 2022
Location: LxAddictions conference site
The final conference of the AlHaMBRA Project (Alcohol Harm Measuring and Building Capacity for Policy Response and Action) will take place from 21-22 November 2022.
Improving equity and access to buprenorphine treatment through telemedicine at syringe services programs
Background In the United States, access to buprenorphine remains low and disparities regarding who receives treatment have emerged. Federal laws have regulated buprenorphine delivery, ultimately limiting its implementation more broadly. At...
The effects of opioid policy changes on transitions from prescription opioids to heroin, fentanyl and injection drug use: a qualitative analysis
Background Beginning in the 1990s, non-medical use of prescription opioids (POs) became a major public health crisis. In response to rising rates of opioid dependence and fatal poisonings, measures were instituted to decrease the...
Addressing drug challenges in health and humanitarian crises: Settings in need of care for a comprehensive drug use prevention in Nigeria
Paper presented at the commemoration of the 2022 International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking, State House Conference Centre, Abuja, Nigeria.
Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Thirteenth Session)
ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to attend their next Bi-Monthly Webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. The Webinar topic will be Beyond Dependence: Alcohol-induced Disorders. Learning Outcomes: • Sensitization to the wide range of...
Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series (Thirteenth Session)
ISSUP Nigeria would like to invite you to attend their next Bi-Monthly Webinar in the Knowledge Update Series. The Webinar topic will be Beyond Dependence: Alcohol-induced Disorders.
Time: 3PM Nigeria Time | 3PM UK Time
Register for the Webinar
Learning Outcomes:
Treating co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders using tools from CBT
Presented by Jo Cassar (The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney), by the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to: - Recognise the importance of assessing for substance use when a...