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Overdose recognition and management: Reading list
According to the World Health Organisation, around half a million deaths each year are attributable to drug use. More than 70% of these deaths are related to opioids, with more than 30% of those deaths caused by overdose. Signs, symptoms...
Reprint of: Biotechnologies and the future of opioid addiction treatments
Biotechnological treatment, including addiction treatment, is the way of the future. Researchers and pharmaceutical companies praise depot injections, agonist/antagonist implants, deep brain stimulation, and hapten conjugate vaccines as...
Identifying content-based engagement patterns in a smoking cessation website and associations with user characteristics and cessation outcomes: a sequence and cluster analysis
Tobacco smoking is the greatest cause of sickness and early death worldwide, with 8 million people dying each year from a smoking-related condition. The use of pharmaceutical or behavioural assistance improves smokers' chances of quitting...
UN Uganda Bulletin
The Bulletin is published by the Uganda UN Communication and Partnership Group in collaboration with partners engaged in activities contributing to the attainment of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Evidence-Based Approaches to Opioid Overdose Recognition and Management: Share the Facts – Save Lives
To mark International Overdose Awareness Day on 31st of August 2021, the International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP), in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the World Health Organization, presented an online event profiling naloxone programmes as a pathway for improving outcomes in the treatment of opioid dependence, overdose reduction, and saving lives.
Seminario Adaptación del Modelo Islandés de Prevención del Consumo de Drogas: avances a tres años de su implementación
Este seminario, dirigido a técnicos y profesionales que se desempeñan en el ámbito del consumo de sustancias, busca compartir los resultados y la experiencia de adaptación e implementación del modelo islandés de prevención en 6 comunas chilenas, además de abordar los desafíos de considerar este modelo como una política pública.
Factors influencing engagement and utilization of opium tincture-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder: A qualitative study in Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Introduction
In response to a high burden of opioid use disorder (OUD), Iran established a network of opioid agonist treatment (OAT) centers beginning in 2002. To increase treatment diversity, particularly for patients who...
Alcohol Awareness Week 2021
Alcohol Awareness Week is a week of awareness-raising, campaigning for change, and more. This year's Alcohol Awareness Week takes place from 15-21 November 2021 on the theme of Alcohol and relationships.
Alcohol Awareness Week is...
UNODC launches new webpage to expand access to essential HIV health and social services
The UNODC Regional Programme Office for Eastern Europe (Kyiv, Ukraine), in cooperation with the Charitable Fund “Humanitarian Action” (Saint Petersburg, Russia), launches a new website on New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) (https://nps-info...
The impact of COVID-19 on drug use and harm reduction programming in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region: a regional consultation of stakeholders and people who use drugs
COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) was classified a pandemic on March 11, 2020, with early reports of the disease occurring in the Middle East and North African (MENA) area. On January 2021, the World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Regional...
Changes in alcohol consumption patterns based on gender during COVID-19 confinement in Spain
Abstract
The goal of this study was to analyze the prevalence and pattern of alcohol consumption (frequency of consumption, average daily consumption, and risky consumption) before and during confinement due to the coronavirus disease...
ہیپاٹائٹس سی (ایچ سی وی) کی جانچ اور منشیات کی خدمات میں دیکھ بھال تک رسائی میں اضافہ - ایک ٹول کٹ
یورپ میں ہیپاٹائٹس سی کے خاتمے کے لئے منشیات (پی ڈبلیو آئی ڈی) کا انجکشن لگانے والے افراد ایک کلیدی آبادی ہیں ، اور ایچ سی وی ٹیسٹنگ اور دیکھ بھال تک ان کی رسائی میں اضافہ یورپی اور قومی ہیپاٹائٹس سی پالیسیوں میں ایک مقصد ہے۔ اس کے باوجود ،...
Addressing long overdue social and structural determinants of the opioid overdose crisis: Drug and Alcohol Dependence Special Issue
This special issue addresses a rapidly growing area of research with a pressing public health need, the social structure of opioid use.
Specifically, this issue compiles original articles that apply theoretical and empirical frameworks...
Prison and drugs in Europe - current and future challenges
Objective: to discuss the results of the report Prison and drugs in Europe: current and future challenges Insights with key customers.
Invited Stakeholders: - Heino Stöver, Institute for Addiction Research Organization Frankfurt...
Drug-related Deaths in Scotland in 2020
In 2020,1339 drug-related deaths were registered in Scotland.
This is a 5% increase compared to figures from 2019.
Other key findings show:
- The number of drug-related deaths has increased substantially over the last 20 years –...
ایچ آئی وی کے ساتھ پاکستانی انجکشن منشیات استعمال کرنے والوں میں ایچ آئی وی بدنامی کے پیمانے کا اردو ترجمہ اور موافقت
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ہدف: ہیومن امیونو ڈیفیشینسی وائرس کے پیمانے کو اردو زبان میں ترجمہ کرنے اور اپنانے کے لئے،
اور اس کی نفسیاتی خصوصیات کا تعین کرنے کے لئے.
طریقہ: یہ مطالعہ فروری سے اپریل 2017 تک سول اسپتال، کراچی کے ہیومن امیونو ڈیفیشینسی وائرس /...
Gender disparities in opioid treatment progress in methadone versus counselling
The high dropout rate (75%) in opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment among women and racial/ethnic minorities in the United States necessitates a better knowledge of the factors that contribute to treatment success. While therapy and...
اوپیوئڈ کے استعمال کی خرابی کے علاج کے لئے ہنگامی شعبے میں ہائی ڈوز بوپرینورفین انڈکشن
غیر قانونی اوپیوئیڈ منشیات کی فراہمی کی بڑھتی ہوئی افادیت اور اکثر فالو اپ تھراپی تک رسائی میں تاخیر کے جواب میں ، ہنگامی محکمے (ای ڈی) کبھی کبھار اوپیوئیڈ استعمال کی خرابی (او او ڈی) کے علاج کے لئے اعلی خوراک والے بوپرینورفین انڈکشن طریقہ...
Trends in use of e-cigarette device types and heated tobacco products from 2016 to 2020 in England
During the past decade, heated aerosolized nicotine delivery systems (HANDS) —mainly e-cigarettes—have surpassed nicotine replacement therapy as the most utilized aids for stopping smoking in England.
It is therefore important to explore...
