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- Drugs (psychoactive) - World Health Organization (WHO)
About 296 million people aged 15-64 had used psychoactive drugs in 2021 and about 39 5 million people are estimated to be affected by drug use disorders (harmful pattern of drug use or drug dependence) It is estimated that about 0 6 million death annually are attributable to drug use with about 420 000 male and 160 000 female deaths
- WHO Drug Information
Launched in 1987, WHO Drug Information communicates the latest international news and trends to regulatory agencies, academic and training institutions, researchers, consumer bodies, and pharmaceutical manufacturers and focuses on topics impacting the safety, efficacy and quality of medicines, medical products, herbals and biomedicines
- Drug use and road safety - World Health Organization (WHO)
The Unit works globally to improve health and well-being of populations by articulating, promoting, supporting and monitoring evidence-informed policies, strategies and interventions to reduce the burden associated with alcohol, drugs and addictive behaviours
- UN Commission approves WHO recommendations to place psychoactive . . .
The recommendations were developed by WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence--ECDD, which consists of global experts analyzing health risks and benefits of psychoactive substances circulating on global markets and alerting to include them under international control if evidence found that their use can cause harm for population health in
- Expert Committee on Drug Dependence - World Health Organization (WHO)
The ECDD Information Repository is an open access database containing publications and information on psychoactive substances reviewed by the WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD)
- Over 3 million annual deaths due to alcohol and drug use, majority . . .
A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights that 2 6 million deaths per year were attributable to alcohol consumption, accounting for 4 7% of all deaths, and 0 6 million deaths to psychoactive drug use Notably, 2 million of alcohol and 0 4 million of drug-attributable deaths were among men
- Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 23 May 2025
Controlled medicines, such as opioids, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, amphetamines and dissociative anaesthetics like ketamine, are drugs that have authorized use for medical or scientific purposes
- WHO announces landmark changes in treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its Consolidated guidelines on tuberculosis (TB)- Module 4: treatment and care, consolidating all previous guidelines into a single comprehensive document and introducing significant improvements in treatment options for people with multidrug-resistant or rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (MDR RR-TB)
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