Policy
EU Drugs Agenda 2021 – 2025
The Drug Policy Network South East Europe and the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) invite you to participate in the webinar that will provide information on the new European Union drug strategy.
Updated HIV Clinical and Service Delivery Recommendations
In late 2020, WHO developed new clinical and service delivery recommendations on key topic areas outlined in the agenda below. To launch and discuss these recommendations, WHO will host a webinar with a brief question and answer session, open to all participants.
Provisional agenda
Director’s Welcome - Department of Global HIV, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infection Programmes
2021 Annual SRNT-E Conference
SRNT-E is the European chapter of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco.
The 2021 SRNT-E conference will be organised virtually on 15-17th September 2021.
Speakers will discuss the latest research on the following topics:
Drawing from Life: Alcohol in the time of COVID-19
Alcohol is a leading risk factor for death and disability worldwide. Drinking too much alcohol leads to health and social problems. During the COVID-19 pandemic, alcohol use has increased, particularly affecting those with long-term health conditions.
Alcohol Policy in Chile
Chile has one of the highest rates of alcohol use per capita in the Americas. Policy to reduce alcohol-related harm is often up against resistance from alcohol industry, policymakers and the public. This review, published in the Journal of...
Sixty-fourth session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND)
The sixty-fourth session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs will be held from 12 to 16 April 2021.
EU HCV Elimination Policy Summit
Despite the progress that has been made in recent years, HCV remains a major public health problem in Europe. In the European Union (EU) more people die each year from HCV than from HIV/AIDS.
International Approaches to Drug Law Reform
This paper reviews the international evidence on approaches to drug law reform, focussing on case studies from Australia, Canada, Denmark, Portugal and The Netherlands. It seeks to support the ongoing development of innovative approaches to...
Alcohol-Related Violence and Deprivation
Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and Scottish Alcohol Research Network (SARN) warmly invite you to join us online on Tuesday 30 March from 12:30-14:00 BST for our third SHAAP/SARN Alcohol Occasionals event of 2021.
Dr Carly Lightowlers and Lucy Bryant will present their complementary research and we will then open to Q+A and wider discussion.
International Standards of Drug Use Prevention
The Vienna NGO Committee, UNODC Prevention Treatment Rehabilitation Section and UNODC Civil Society Unit (CSU) are hosting:
Webinar for Civil Society: Q&A on the International Standards of Drug Use Prevention
10 March at 1 PM CET.
In English with interpretation in French and Russian.
