The South Sumatra province has been ranked as the second largest province with people who use drugs, with a prevalence of 5%  which approximately corresponds to 326,694 people, and methamphetamine is still the most popular drug of choice in this province (BNN, 2019). The Indonesian Association of Addiction Counsellors (IKAI) in South Sumatra sees an urgent need to strengthen the capacity of all practitioners working in this field, particularly in community-based setting. There has been an increasing demand from people with drugs use problems willing to attend available drug treatment...

The Annual Meeting will be held on March 2-5 2022, and is currently scheduled to take place at the Edinburgh International Conference Center in Edinburgh, Scotland.  

The SRNT 2022 Annual Meeting may be a hybrid (part in person, part virtual) or entirely virtual, depending on how things play out in the coming months. A final decision about the meeting format (face-to-face hybrid virtual component vs. entirely virtual) will not be made for some time. In the meantime, attendees should not hesitate to submit for fear of being unable to travel. Rest assured that the meeting, no matter the...

In line with ISSUP’s global network in the field of prevention and treatment and its importance of promoting evidence based and ethical substance use prevention and treatment locally, Indonesia planned to officially establish its national ISSUP chapter. This initiative was supported by a group of representatives from the government, civil society, academia and international organisations in Indonesia who are committed to the establishment and its process until the ISSUP Indonesia’s chapter is officially launched. A series of webinars were designed to be part of the pre-launch ceremony prior to...

UNODC Indonesia together with the Indonesian Association of Addiction Counselors (IKAI) organised a remote training on Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) Basic Counseling for Addiction Professionals in September 2020. Since 2019, UNODC and IKAI have already an agreement on the training implementation using evidence-based materials to strengthen the capacities of the drug treatment workforce especially for those who already registered as IKAI’s member.

After days of preparation, finally the first remote training on UTC Basic Counseling for Addiction Professionals was successfully organised...