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WHO Begins Developing Guidelines on Substance Use During Pregnancy

News – Announces a World Health Organization initiative to develop guidelines for identifying and managing substance use by pregnant women.

Tags: Alcohol, Pregnant Women, Smoking During Pregnancy, Tobacco/Nicotine, Treatment, WHO

WHO Database Documents Lack of Resources To Treat Substance Abuse

News – Describes a new database with country-level information on alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment resources.

Tags: Epidemiology, WHO

South African Investigator Receives International Traveling Fellowship Award

News – Announces the recipient of the 2012 International Traveling Fellowship Award based on substance abuse and addiction research.

Tags: CPDD, NIDA IP, WHO, Research Training, South Africa

Brazilian Scientist Named ISAJE/WHO Young Scholar

News – Announces the 2011 recipient of the International Society of Addiction Journal Editors/World Health Organization Young Scholars Award.

Tags: ISAJE, WHO, Brazil

International Traveling Fellows Participate in NIDA International Forum and CPDD

News – Announces the researchers selected as the 2011 World Health Organization/NIDA/College on Problems of Drug Dependence International Traveling Fellows.

Tags: CPDD, NIDA IP, WHO, Scientific Exchange

WHO/NIDA/CPDD Select International Traveling Fellows

News – Drug abuse scientists from China and Georgia were selected as recipients of the 2010 International Traveling Fellowship Award.

Tags: CPDD, WHO, 2010 Forum, International Forum, China, Georgia, East Asia & Pacific, Europe & Central Asia

Former NIDA Humphrey Fellow Named ISAJE/WHO Young Scholar

News – A Former Hubert H. Humphrey fellow received a 2009 young scholar’s award as a result of her paper on antiretroviral therapy adherence among HIV-infected drug users.

Tags: ISAJE, WHO

Ongoing Activities

The International Program works with international organizations to promote drug abuse and addiction collaborative research.

Tags: UNAIDS, UNODC, WHO, Canada, Mexico, Latin America & Caribbean, North America

WHO/NIDA/CPDD International Traveling Fellowship Award

Drug abuse scientists from developing countries are eligible for a travel award that offers a 1-week research visit with a NIDA grantee.

Tags: CPDD, WHO, International Forum

ISAJE/WHO Young Scholars Award

Young scholars working in a developing country are eligible for an award for the best paper on any topic related to addiction published the previous year.

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