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Implications of COVID-19 for People who Use Drugs
How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting drug users and those who provide services to them? - photo: iStock - source: EMCDDA Summary COVID-19 is a major global health threat. People who use drugs face the same risks as those of the general population and therefore need to be aware of...
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Our Centres Need your Help!
Some populations are more vulnerable to Covid-19, including people who use drugs and those who are trying to overcome their addiction problem. It is essential to keep them, and those who help them, safe Residents and staff members in our centres are in urgent need of personal protection equipment -...
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People who Use Drugs and the Covid-19 Pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic requires urgent responses, however it is vital that Governments take measures to protect and to help those among us who are particularly vulnerable, including drug users and homeless people Note: the following statement by Dainius Pūras, UN Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment...
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How Will Covid-19 Affect the Role of NGOs?
Lidiya Grigoreva, from the Office of the UN Director-General in Geneva, reflects on how the future of NGOs could look like after the pandemic "The UN Secretary General acknowledged that the role of humanitarian NGOs is crucial in this crisis, especially for treating those affected and for helping to protect...
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Drugs and the Media
Harnessing the power of the media to help prevent substance use and reduce addiction stigma Some of the speakers at the CND side event on drugs and the media, from left: Lucía Goberna (Institutional Relations, Dianova), Rebecca Jesseman (CCSA), Kenneth Arctander (Director of Communications, RIO), Stephanie Nairn (coordinator and researcher...
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Statement to the 64th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women
One of the posters of Dianova's Human Empowerment campaign dedicated to raise awareness about the close relationship between addiction and gender Over the last decades, alcohol and drug-related disorders have spread dramatically and no nation remains immune to their considerable human and economic costs. Although rates of substance use disorders...
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Statement to the 63rd Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs
The media: a tool to address addiction-related stigma and to help prevent substance use disorders The media has a strong influence on numerous aspects of society including public perceptions of social problems and public policy. Illegal drugs have been stigmatized in the media for decades using particular narratives, stereotypes, biased...
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Dianova Participates in CND63
For more than a decade Dianova has been participating in the sessions of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs as a representative of civil society The representatives of Dianova at the CND, from left: Ms. Montse Rafel (Director General), Lucia Goberna (Director of Institutional Relations), and Kristina Stankova (Research assistant)...
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Dianova Joins the Generation Equality Movement to Promote Women’s Empowerment
In light of the current outbreak of coronavirus disease, the format of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW64) has been reduced from two weeks to one day and all NGO events have been cancelled Press Release New York, March 5h, 2020 - As in previous years, on March...
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Dianova Participates in the 63rd Session of the CND
3 events to be co-organized by the NGO on issues including: The media, a key actor in the field of drugs The obstacles women face when seeking treatment for substance use disorders The integration of evidence-based addiction treatment programmes in health systems Speakers will first highlight how the media tend...
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