On 29 July 2020, UNODC Civil Society Team and the Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs (VNGOC), in collaboration with UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia (UNODC ROCA), jointly organized a web seminar on the World Drug Report 2020 for Central Asia. Dr. Borikhan Shaumarov, UNODC Mentor, UNODC ROCA assisted preparation of this webinar and presentation in Russian.  

The webinar was opened with remarks from Ms. Baktygul Sarybaeva, the representative of VNGOC and Ms. Viktorja Nesterovaite, the representative of UNODC Civil Society Team.  

Mr. Mirzahid Sultanov, UNODC ROCA presented overview of the...

UNODC Mentor in collaboration with colleagues from Coordination and Analysis Unit of the UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia conducted a rapid assessment in four countries of Central Asia. The main goal of the brief research was to study the impact of restrictive measures imposed due to COVID-19 pandemic on the situation with drug use and provision of drug dependence treatment and services to reduce the negative health and social consequences as well as assist UNODC, donors, organizers and service providers in better adapting to the new situation.

Methodology of the rapid assessment...

Mentor UNODC menginisiasi webinar yang diadakan pada 24 Juni 2020 di Uzbekistan. Tujuan dari webinar ini adalah untuk menciptakan forum bagi para ahli nasional untuk berbagi pengalaman internasional yang berharga tentang bagaimana memastikan kelangsungan dan keberlanjutan pengobatan ketergantungan obat, pencegahan HIV, pengobatan, perawatan dan layanan dukungan bagi orang-orang yang menggunakan narkoba dan bagaimana menerapkan kebijakan berbasis bukti yang memastikan akses ke pengobatan ketergantungan obat yang efektif dan program HIV bagi orang-orang yang menggunakan narkoba.

Dalam...

In today’s conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic and necessary quarantine measures taken by the Government of Kazakhstan psychosocial support and assistance, as well as self-education of stress management, supportive communication with each other and expert advice often become a necessity.  In this regard the Republican Scientific-practical Centre on Mental Health – a main partner of the UNODC global project GLOJ71 – “Treating drug dependence and its health consequences: Treatnet II” – initiated the establishment of the website “Psychological support and assistance during COVID-19” (https:/...

24-29 February 2020 - A team of national trainers from Central Asia attended the Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC) Regional Training of Trainers held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

The training was organized by the UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia within the framework of UNODC global project – “Treating drug dependence and its health consequences: Treatnet II”.

18 national trainers (ICAP 1 holders) from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan were trained on the two following UTC courses:

• Course 14: Working with Families with Substance Use Disorders
• Course 17: Case Management Skills and...

Abstrak | Gangguan penggunaan opioid (OUD) adalah gangguan kambuh kronis yang, sementara awalnya didorong oleh aktivasi sirkuit saraf hadiah otak, semakin melibatkan sirkuit saraf anti-hadiah yang mendorong keadaan emosional yang merugikan dan kambuh. Namun, pemulihan yang berhasil dimungkinkan dengan perawatan yang tepat, meskipun dengan kecenderungan bertahan untuk kambuh. Beban kesehatan individu dan masyarakat OUD sangat besar; 26,8 juta orang diperkirakan hidup dengan OUD secara global pada tahun 2016, dengan > 100.000 kematian overdosis opioid setiap tahun, termasuk > 47.000 di AS pada...

On 4-8 November 2019 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 24 specialists from the drug treatment centres, narcology clinics and institutions of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan participated in the Regional Training on introduction of the protocols on treatment for psychostimulants and for co-morbid psychiatric and medical disorders organized by  UNODC global project GLOJ71 “Treating drug dependence and its health consequences: Treatnet” in collaboration with Sub-programme 3 “Prevention, treatment and rehabilitation and HIV prevention” of the UNODC Programme for Central Asia...

From 15-21 July 2019 team of national trainers from Turkmenistan attended the National Training of Trainers held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

There were 12 representatives of drug dependence treatment service of the Ministry of Health of Turkmenistan and non-profit organizations (ICAP 1 holders) trained on the two following courses of Advanced Level UTC:

Course 12: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Course 15: Managing Co-Occurring Disorders

Trainer-led presentations, small-group and reflective exercises, role-plays and case study discussions helped participants to improve their knowledge and...