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- National Training Drug Epidemiology, May 20-22, 2009
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Two day national training on Drug Epidemiology and Drug Information was held in Tsakhkadzor 20-22 of May, 2009. The training was conducted by Dr. Zaruhi Beglaryan , UNDP/SCAD national expert on drug information/epidemiology. The objective of the training was to train responsible staff of Monitoring Center on Drug and Drug addiction of the National Institute of Health as well as Information Resource Person in all aspects of drug abuse epidemiology and provide practical guidance on internationally comparable, locally appropriate and culturally adaptable measures and methods of drug related data collection, analyses and dissemination. The methodology of the training was based on presentations, group work and practical exercises. As an expected results of the training the training participants will have:
• The knowledge on best practices and modern approaches in field of drug epidemiology
• The practices on methods drug related data collection and processing, management, integration and annotation
• The skills to evaluate the existing policies, programmes, and interventions and process/analyze drug related data using advances statistical tools
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- National Drug Report 2008 (data of 2007)
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 National Drug Report summarizes the information on drug use prevalence, trends and patterns, its consequences, legislative framework, national strategies and policies in the field of drugs, situation
in the field of drug related crime, harm reduction interventions, prevention of the drug use, treatment.
The report was developed in accordance to the guidelines of the European Center on Drug and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). This report is the forth report of its type that is presenting drug related situation in
Armenia and as three previous reports is prepared with the assistance of EU funded, UNDP implemented South Caucasus Anti Drug Programme.
Download the Report (acrobat version, 1.4 MB) »
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- Consensus workshop on “Estimating the size of IDUs population in Armenia”
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Consensus workshop on “Estimating the size of IDUs population in Armenia” was held on September 26, 2008. The aim of the consensus workshop was generating new estimate of IDUs population size that would allow updating the coverage indicator for this population for the National AIDS Programme and RCC Proposal, as well as the estimated number of PLHIV.
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- Country (Drug) Situation Summary - Armenia
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June 30, 2008 Produced by national South Caucasus Anti-Drug (SCAD) Programme team led by Zaruhi Beglaryan, SCAD Local Epidemiology Expert,
Edited by Tomas Zabransky, SCAD International Epidemiology Expert,
Proofread by Gregory Connor, SCAD Regional Advisor
Content • Country Information
• Drug use in the general population (and young people)
• Problem drug use
• Drug-related infectious diseases
• Drug-related deaths and mortality of drug users
• (Drug) treatment demand
• Prevention
• Treatment responses
• Drug markets and drug-related offenses
• National drug laws
• National drug strategies
• Coordination mechanisms in the drugs field
• References
Country Information
The Republic of Armenia is a land–locked mountainous country in the Southwest of the Trans Caucasus, with a surface area of 29.8 sq.km. Armenia is administratively divided into eleven provinces (marzes) one of which is a capital- Yerevan. The State language is Armenian. The population is about 3 222 900 of which 97% are Armenian (National Statistical Service, 2007). The Armenian Apostolic Church is the national church of the Armenian people. In 301 AD, Armenians were the first nation to adopt Christianity as state religion.
 The history of the Armenian statehood dates back to the late 12th century B.C. After losing its independence in the 14th century, the first independent Republic of Armenia was established on 28 May 1918. From 1920 to 1991, Armenia formed part of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
After the referendum held on 21 September 1991, the Supreme Council proclaimed the Republic of Armenia an independent State on 23 September.
The Constitution of the Republic of Armenia (CRA) was adopted on 5 July 1995. The first article of the constitution declared the Republic of Armenia as a sovereign, democratic State, based on social justice and the rule of law (Art. 1 of the CRA). State power is exercised in accordance with the Constitution and the laws based on the principle of the separation of the legislative, executive and judicial powers (Art. 5 of the CRA).The CRA provide guarantees for fundamental civil and human rights and freedoms, such as freedom of association, freedom to choose a profession, maternity protection, and the right to rest (Charter 2 of the CRA).
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- Country Assessment Mission- Drug Epidemiology
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During March 25-27 Dr. Tomas Zabransky visited Armenia with the mission to conduct the in-depth assessment of country situation as regards to the drug information/epidemiological systems and provide recommendations on how to set up and institutionalize the National Monitoring Center on Drugs and Drug Addiction (NMCDDA) improve the reliability and consistency of drug epidemiological data, strengthen the capacities of information resource persons for better data exchange, etc.
The importance of establishment and institutionalization of the National Monitoring Center on Drugs and Drug Addiction was prioritized by Dr. Ara Babloyan, Chairman of the Standing Commission on Social, Health and Environmental Affairs of the National Assembly. It was agreed that the SCAD will maintain regular contacts and support the above-mentioned commission to streamline the national drug control legislation.
During the meeting between Dr. Derenik Dumanyan, Director of the National Institute of Health, Dr. Tomas Zabransky, SCAD International Expert on Drug Information and Epidemiology, Professor Vladimir Davidyants, Director of the Information Analytical Department of the NIH, Mr. Grigori Malintsyan, SCAD Country Manager it was agreed that the MOU will be signed between the National Institute of Health and UNDP on establishment and institutionalization of the NMCDDA in Armenia. The MoU will clarify the mechanisms, frames of collaboration and outlooks of both SCAD and NIH.
The possibility of cooperation was discussed with the representatives of World Vision (WV) Armenia, which runs the GFATM in Armenia and OSI-Armenia . Taking into consideration the fact that WV and OSI are main organizations implementing harm reduction programs (needle exchange project) throughout Armenia, it was agreed that while conducting the epidemiologic surveys, research team will use the established networks of that organizations to reach the problematic drug users.
It is expected that Dr. T. Zabransky will provide his mission report during April 2008 and based on the recommendations of the report the SCAD team will start the implementation of planned activities. During the working discussions with Dr. Z. Beglaryan, Dr. T. Zabransky suggested to implement two epidemiological studies among the problematic drug users:
- cross-linking the archived personal data of drug addicts from the Narcological Clinic and linking them to the data from death registry.
- prevalence of problem drug use through biological survey on prevalence of Hepatitis C.
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