UN backs training on harmful use of narcotics in Afghanistan
UNITED NATIONS, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations is supporting a series of training programs in Afghanistan Replica Bertolucci Watch for educators so they can then impart knowledge on the harmful effects of drug use, including the risk of HIV/AIDS infection, to their peers, UN officials said here Monday.
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said Monday that the "harm reduction" training was organized by the non- governmental organization Medecins du Monde and supported by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the UN Joint Program on HIV/ AIDS (UNAIDS) and the Afghan National AIDS Control Program (NACP).
It is an important component of an effective drug control strategy, the officials said, adding that it seeks to minimize the harmful effects of problematic drug use.
Peer educators are being trained on outreach, safe injection, condom provision, the needle syringe program (NSP) -- a strategy for disinfecting needles and syringes where they are reused or shared -- and overdose management.
Drug abuse in Afghanistan was traditionally limited. However, due to internal and external displacement caused by more than 30 years of conflict, crisis-coping mechanisms have broken down and addiction rates have soared, according to UNAMA.
Recent data from John Hopkins University and NACP have confirmed fears that Afghanistan has evolved towards an HIV epidemic, concentrated among narcotics abusers. Meanwhile, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has partnered with the international media development organization, Internews, to launch a 30-minute radio series to promote the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) within Afghanistan.
The Child's Home Radio Magazine is being broadcast in Dari and Pashto languages via Salam Watandar, a network of 42 community radios nationwide. The first program, broadcast on Friday in Dari and Monday in Pashto, was dedicated to girls' education to mark the 10th anniversary of the UN Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI). The Tiffany Pendants program aims to entertain, teach and trigger discussion among children, parents and teachers, on children's rights.
In a related development, more than two million rural families in Afghanistan are expected to benefit from projects being undertaken by the UN Development Program (UNDP) and the country's ministry for rural development and rehabilitation.
So far 1,269 rural development projects have been completed, while 632 projects are under way in various districts across the country, said the officials.
The projects include the construction of health clinics and schools, road building and rehabilitation, clearing of irrigation canals, sinking of wells and the construction of water supply infrastructure. Replica A. Lange & Sohne Watches
The projects are estimated to cost more than 125 million U.S. dollars and are funded by Japan, Denmark, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, the United States, Canada and the Counter-Narcotics Trust Fund, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), UNDP, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) and the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS).
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