Compulsory treatment of drug use in Southeast Asian countries

Lunze, Karsten; Lermet, Olivier; Andreeva, Vladanka; Hariga, Fabienne

doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.06.009

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“…The social stigma attached to drug users acts as a strong barrier to improve support services [ 42 ]. In several parts of the world, governments impose compulsory detention with beating and humiliation of people who use drugs in the name of treatment [ 43 , 44 ]. Such human rights violations are not in accordance with SDG 3.5 and research on preventive and management policies of drug users need to be carried out in all parts of the world.…”

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Bibliometric analysis of scientific publications on “sustainable development goals” with emphasis on “good health and well-being” goal (2015–2019)

Sweileh

2020

Global Health

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Background Global progress in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires significant national and international research efforts and collaboration. The current study aimed to provide policymakers, academics, and researchers with a snapshot of global SDGs-related research activity. Method This was a cross-sectional descriptive bibliometric study. SciVerse Scopus was used to retrieve SDGs-related research publications for the period from 2015 to 2019. Results In total, 18,696 documents were found. The Sustainability journal ranked first ( n = 1008; 5.4%) in the number of SDGs-related publications. The World Health Organization was the most active institution in publishing SDGs-related documents ( n = 581; 1.3%). Most of the retrieved documents belonged to SDG 17 (partnership) followed by SDG 13 (climate action), and SDG 12 (responsible consumption and production), while SDG 7 (affordable and clean energy) had the least number of publications. The European region ( n = 9756; 52.2%) had the highest research contribution while the Eastern Mediterranean region ( n = 1052; 5.6%) had the least contribution. After exclusion of SDG 17, the SDG 3 (good health and well-being) was the top researched SDG for the African region, the Eastern Mediterranean regions, and the South-Eastern Asian region. For the region of the Americas, European region, and the Western Pacific region, the SDG 13 (climate action) was the most researched. The SDG 7 (affordable and clean energy) was the least researched in the African region, the region of the Americas, the European region, and the South-East Asian region. In the Eastern Mediterranean region, SDG 10 (reduced inequality) was the least researched while in the Western Pacific region, SDG 5 (gender inequality) was the least researched. The most researched targets of SDG 3 were targets 7 (sexual and reproductive health services) and 8 (universal health coverage) while the least researched targets were 5 (substance use disorders) and 9 (death from hazardous materials). International research collaboration within SDG 3 between high- and low-income countries was inadequate. Conclusion The analysis presented in the current study are useful for researchers, institutes, governments, funding agencies, and policy-makers. Countries in Africa, the Middle East, and South-East Asia need to increase their funding and research collaboration in the field of SDGs.

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Bibliometric analysis of scientific publications on “sustainable development goals” with emphasis on “good health and well-being” goal (2015–2019)

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2020

Global Health

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“…Between 2009 and 2013, the government tripled the number of medication-assisted therapy sites across the country, from 49 to 147 (Windle, 2016). Between 2013 and 2014, Thailand reported a 26-percent decline in the number of individuals residing in compulsory treatment facilities (see Table 4.1 in Chapter 4; Lunze et al, 2018). Similarly, limited efforts were made to expand access to sterile injection equipment to reduce the spread of blood-borne disease.…”

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Contemporary Asian Drug Policy: Insights and Opportunities for Change

Pardo¹,

Kilmer²,

Huang³

2019

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“…In far too many countries, however, program activities that are trumpeted by authorities as health-oriented bear no resemblance to good public health practice. Non-governmental organizations and UN agencies have worked for years to shut down 'treatment' facilities in East and Southeast Asia, for example, that in many cases resemble forced labour camps more than any kind of health facility and rarely offer scientifically sound treatment of any kind (Lunze et al 2018;Amon et al 2013). Treatment for drug use disorders in most countries is one of the most unregulated and uninspected of health services.…”

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The Elusive Search for Rights-Centred Public Health Approaches to Drug Policy: A Comment

Csete

2020

Journal of Illicit Economies and Development

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While it is common for United Nations member states in international meetings to espouse 'public health approaches' to drug policy, actual policies appear not to have caught up with this rhetoric. There is a lingering over-emphasis in narcotic drug policies on policing and incarceration at the expense of urgently needed investment in health and social services for people who use drugs. These policies have lethal consequences in the transmission of potentially fatal infections and preventable overdose deaths, and they impede progress in social and economic development. The experience of a number of countries, mostly in the European Union, highlights that bringing public health evidence into the center of drug policy decision-making can have broad social, economic and public health benefits.

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Compulsory treatment of drug use in Southeast Asian countries

Cited by 44 publications

References 26 publications

Bibliometric analysis of scientific publications on “sustainable development goals” with emphasis on “good health and well-being” goal (2015–2019)

Bibliometric analysis of scientific publications on “sustainable development goals” with emphasis on “good health and well-being” goal (2015–2019)

Contemporary Asian Drug Policy: Insights and Opportunities for Change

The Elusive Search for Rights-Centred Public Health Approaches to Drug Policy: A Comment

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