All Resources for 'Policy, Governance & International Affairs'

UNODC promotes the dialogue on drug demand reduction across Central Asia at ISSUP Abu Dhabi 2022 Conference

Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Quality Assurance
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections

Within the framework of UNODC global project GLOJ71”Treating drug dependence and its health consequences: Treatnet II” UNODC ROCA in collaboration with Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section (PTRS) HQ supported participation of 19...

Strategy for Preventing Opioid Use Disorder in Communities

Format
Book
Themes
Prevention
Policy

Key Issues

  • Substance use often begins in adolescence.
  • Any substance use in adolescence can have detrimental effects on the developing brain.
  • Effects of substance use/misuse accumulate over time increasing societal costs and public...

Awareness Lecture and Workshop on Risky Behaviors & Substance Use in an International Family Medicine Conference, Avari Hotel, Lahore Pakistan

Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Behavioural Therapy Interventions
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Family

Two days International Family Medicine Conference has been arranged at Avari Hotel in Lahore Pakistan on May 21 and 22, 2022. The organizers were the team members of WONCA SAR. The guest speaker/trainer invited to grace these initiatives...

Birth Outcomes of Neonates Exposed to Marijuana in Utero A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Publication Date
Format
Scientific article
Themes
Populations
Women
Public Health
Abstract

Importance  While some studies have found an association between marijuana use and adverse neonatal outcomes, results have not been consistent across all trials.

Objective  To assess available data on neonatal outcomes in...

Call for Papers- Drug Addiction Research in China

Format
News
Themes
Treatment
Treatment Settings
Addiction
Populations
Family
Public Health

Drug addiction has been a major public health problem bringing a heavy burden to patients, families and society in China historically and contemporarily. In the recent two decades, animal and clinical research on mechanisms, trajectories...