UNODC Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Section (PTRS), in collaborazione con l'OMS, esperti internazionali provenienti da Australia e Italia, il Piano Colombo, l'Ufficio regionale dell'UNODC per il Sud-Est asiatico e il Pacifico (ROSEAP) e uffici sul campo nel sud-est asiatico (Cambogia, Laos, Indonesia, Myanmar, Filippine, Vietnam), ha organizzato il seminario web dell'UNODC dal titolo "Trattamento della tossicodipendenza, assistenza e supporto riabilitativo per le persone, Famiglie e comunità colpite da disturbi da consumo di stupefacenti nella crisi COVID19 nel sud-est asiatico"...

Following the successful feasibility study in Indonesia on family therapy for youths with drug use disorders, Vietnam is the second country that rolls out a similar study as a way to offer more evidence-based, effective treatment alternative for drug use disorders.

The study was smoothly kicked start with a training for treatment practitioners who later provide support to youths and families with drug use disorders.  Unfortunately, when the research team started with the recruitment of patients and their families, they met with a big hurdle: the Covid 19 pandemic was seriously effecting...

Il Drug Advisory Programme (DAP) del Piano Colombo in collaborazione con il National Narcotics Board della Repubblica di Indonesia (BNN) ha condotto con successo la prima formazione eco online per il curriculum CHILD sul Corso 1: Interventi per bambini con disturbi da uso di sostanze in Indonesia. Questa iniziativa è attuata per garantire che lo sviluppo delle capacità di trattamento internazionale continui ininterrotto durante la situazione della pandemia di COVID-19.

Il primo corso del curriculum CHILD affronta la necessità per i professionisti del trattamento di modificare le tecniche di...

Since the beginning of June 2020, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) together with the Indonesian Association of Addiction Counsellors (Ikatan Konselor Adiksi Indonesia - IKAI) has been remotely discussing the development of remote training on Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC). This initiative is based on the high demand from practitioners to continue with capacity building initiatives to receive an official national certification for addiction counsellors, even amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since March 2020, all conventional/face to face trainings have been suspended due...

Since the first case of COVID-19 was discovered in Indonesia and officially announced by the President of the Republic of Indonesia H.E. Joko Widodo on March 2nd, 2020 and followed by the declaration from the World Health Organisation (WHO) on March 11th, 2020 that the outbreak of COVID-19 is a pandemic, new cases has been growing between approximately 250 to 350 cases daily[1] in Indonesia.

Even though for most people with normal immune systems, COVID-19 may not bring severe impact as the world mortality case is still between 7% to 8%[2], but for people with drug use disorders especially...