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Side Event: Initiatives to prevent overdose (Online)

Organised by Australia with the support of Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States Welcome and Opening Remarks – Celia Street, First Assistant Secretary, Population Health Division, Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care The Australian Government is investing $19.6 mil over four years from 2022-23 (and $4.9 mil ongoing) to deliver the …

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Side Event: From principle to policy to practice: Implementing a human rights approach with people who use drugs

Organised by Release Legal Emergency and Drugs Service Limited with the support of Ghana, Norway, the Global Commission on Drug Policy and the International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy. Speakers: Michel Kazatchkine, Global Commission on Drug Policy Angela Constance, Minister for Drug Policy, MSP Seth Kwame Acheampong, Minister of State, Ghana Stephen Cutter, …

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Side Event: People-centred, public health and human rights-based HIV response for and with people who use drugs 

Organized by the UNODC HIV/AIDS Section with the support of Belgium, Brazil, Czechia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the World Health Organization and the International Network of People who Use Drugs Monica Beg, UNODC HIV Branch: Welcome to the side event: people center public health and human rights bases for people who …

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Side Event: Time is of the Essence, Reigniting Efforts for Scaling up Implementation of International Drug Policy Commitments to Improve the Ability of and Access to Controlled Substances for Medical and Scientific Purposes

Organized by the Union for International Cancer Control with the support of Australia, Belgium, Mexico, the Netherlands, the UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, the Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network, Walther Global Palliative Care and Supportive Oncology, the African Palliative Care Association, the World Hospice Palliative Care Alliance and the International Association for Hospice …

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Side Event: Gender and drug overdose – trends and evidence for improved responses and drug policies

Organised by Sweden with the support of Canada, Norway, the UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, the World Health Organisation, the European Union and its Member States, and the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe Moderator: Annika Markovic, Ambassdor, Sweden. I have the privilege of representing the UN International Organizations in Vienna. The topic …

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Side event. The right to recovery: an approach for a true care path for the reintegration of persons affected by substance use disorders

Organised by Italy with the support of the UNODC Prevention Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe, the European Union and the World Health Organization (…) Giovanna Campello, Chief UNODC Prevention, Treatment & Rehabilitation Section: How is the concept of recovery is included in the international standard for the treatment …

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