All Resources for 'Education & Training'

Prevention and Treatment of Opioid Misuse and Addiction

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings

This paper provides many pieces of research in the search for the most effective treatments for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD). They touch on the effectiveness of Medication-Assisted Treatment. The authors also describe the most at-risk...

UNODC Training on the Nature, Prevention and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders with more than 60 Cambodian Policymakers

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News
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Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Policy
Law Enforcement
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

More than 60 policy-makers participated at UNODC Workshop on the Nature, Prevention and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders for Policy Makers in Siem Reap, Cambodia from 12 to 14 June 2019. This high-level workshop was inaugurated by H.E Prof...

Prenatal Alcohol Screening During Pregnancy by Midwives and Nurses

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Scientific article
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Populations
Women

Abstract

Background

Alcohol use during pregnancy can have a variety of harmful consequences on the fetus. Lifelong effects include growth restriction, characteristic facial anomalies, and neurobehavioral dysfunction. This range of effects...

Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) Training for the Philippine Criminal Justice System

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Law
Law Enforcement
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

The UNODC Mentor from Indonesia participated as a trainer at the workshop organized by Colombo Plan on The Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) for the Philippine Criminal Justice System. It was inaugurated with the generous support of the...

Cooperation between Ecuador and UNODC on Drug Prevention and Health

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News
Themes
Prevention
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

Following an assessment mission in 2017 and two policy maker training on the nature, prevention and treatment of drug use disorders in 2018, UNODC and the Ministry of Health (on behalf of the Ecuadorian government) signed a Memorandum of...

Alcohol Use and Breast Cancer Risk

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Scientific article
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Populations
Women
Public Health
Despite the clear associations between alcohol consumption and breast cancer, public awareness of this issue is low.