Moderator: Daniel Wolfe (OSF) Annette Verster (WHO): We know that of the mortality related to drug use, which is very much linked to opioid use, over a half is related to overdose. It is preventable and reversible. 10% of people dependent on opioid, globally, have access to treatment. In terms of its reversibility, you might have …
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UNODC-WHO Special Launch Event – The SOS Initiative – Stop Overdose Safely: Emergency Community Management of Opioid Overdose including interim Naloxone
Rein Oidekevi, Estonia. Serious topic, require strong action, PWID experience most severe health risks, high risk of OD and premature death, lack of action can lead to unacceptable loss of life, important to review drug policy to place stronger emphasis on human rights, naloxone programs can immediately reverse the effect of opioid overdose, national program …
Plenary – Agenda item 8: Implementation of the international drug control treaties
Chair: Egypt has asked to speak before Agenda Item 8b. Egypt: We are committed to the 3 conventions – they constitute the cornerstone for national policies that combat drugs. The 3 documents are the roadmap to addressing the world drug problem. We fully believe in the balance of efforts to reduce the supply and demand of …
Side event: Public health dimensions of the world drug problem, and WHO activities in addressing them
Organised by the World Health Organisation. Annette Verster (HIV Department, WHO) Thank you everyone for attending. Dr Oleg Chestnov (Assistant Director General of Non-Communicable Diseases at WHO) Drug problems are much more broader than WHO. The big member states take this very seriously, our government board is made up of 194. UNGASS involved the health …
Side event: Follow-up to UNGASS: Establishment of the inter-agency technical working group on drug epidemiology
Angela Me, UNODC: (…) We are investing resources in improving, piloting, testing, methodology. We are working in Afghanistan and neighbouring countries to implement a set of school and youth surveys. We support training to member states too. The UNGASS Outcome Document calls CND, UNODC and INCB to assist in their mandates to the consecution of …
Special event: International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders – Each person counts, leaving no one behind
Organized by the Governments of Italy, Norway, Sweden and the United States, the UNODC Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Section, the World Health Organization and the Vienna and New York NGO Committees. Yury Fedotov, Executive Director, UNODC: Looking forward to dialogue around further guidelines for treatment. Pedro Luis Moitinho de Almeida, CND Facilitator for Post-UNGASS Matters, …