Illicit Drug use in the Asia Pacific Region - Burnet Institute
Illicit Drug use in the Asia Pacific Region - Burnet Institute
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Situational analysis of illicit drug issues and responses <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Asia</strong>–<strong>Pacific</strong> region<br />
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Project title<br />
Community-based <strong>Drug</strong> Ab<strong>use</strong> Counsell<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
Treatment and Rehabilitation Services<br />
Aims<br />
Establishment of service centres <strong>in</strong> four<br />
selected locations .<br />
Timeframe<br />
mid 2005 – end 2008<br />
Fund<strong>in</strong>g source<br />
Trust Fund for Human Security — Japan<br />
Fund<strong>in</strong>g amount<br />
US1 .1 million<br />
Execut<strong>in</strong>g agency<br />
UNODC, Cambodian M<strong>in</strong>istry of Health,<br />
<strong>Drug</strong> Ab<strong>use</strong> Forum<br />
World Health Organization<br />
Project title<br />
Inject<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Drug</strong> Use and Related HIV/AIDS<br />
Risk <strong>in</strong> Phnom Penh and Poipet, Cambodia,<br />
us<strong>in</strong>g I-RARE<br />
Aims<br />
To streng<strong>the</strong>n national capacity to conduct<br />
rapid assessments relat<strong>in</strong>g to risk behaviour<br />
for HIV/AIDS<br />
Timeframe<br />
January 2003 – f<strong>in</strong>al report 2005<br />
Fund<strong>in</strong>g amount<br />
$65,000 (US CDC through UNAIDS)<br />
United States <strong>Drug</strong> Enforcement Agency<br />
The UNODC project office has a good work<strong>in</strong>g<br />
relationship with <strong>the</strong> US DEA Bangkok .<br />
The US DEA Bangkok periodically seeks<br />
and receives cooperation from Cambodian<br />
law enforcement agencies on matters of<br />
mutual <strong>in</strong>terest .<br />
German technical support<br />
The German Centre for International Migration<br />
and Development (CIM) has provided an<br />
<strong>in</strong>tegrated expert to help support <strong>the</strong> activities<br />
of <strong>the</strong> NACD, particularly related to demand<br />
reduction, treatment and rehabilitation . The<br />
expert is located with<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> NACD Secretariat<br />
and will provide capacity build<strong>in</strong>g for a period<br />
of two years (with possible extension for an<br />
additional two years) .<br />
Government of Sweden<br />
Sweden has provided support to <strong>the</strong> development<br />
of <strong>the</strong> drug control sector <strong>in</strong> Cambodia<br />
through <strong>the</strong> UNODC project (AD/CMB/01/F14)<br />
s<strong>in</strong>ce 2001, totall<strong>in</strong>g over US$1 million .<br />
United States Centers for Disease<br />
Control and Prevention (CDC)<br />
The US CDC provided $20,000 direct f<strong>in</strong>ancial<br />
support <strong>in</strong> 2003 for <strong>the</strong> national workshop<br />
<strong>in</strong> Cambodia . In 2003, <strong>the</strong> CDC also provided<br />
technical assistance and data analysis to <strong>the</strong><br />
NACD Secretariat and UNODC . Contributions<br />
by <strong>the</strong> CDC to NACD, UNODC, National AIDS<br />
Authority and <strong>the</strong> expanded UN Theme Group<br />
on HIV/AIDS throughout 2003 also <strong>in</strong>cluded<br />
skills development <strong>in</strong> relation to HIV/AIDS<br />
issues . The CDC also supported <strong>the</strong> jo<strong>in</strong>t<br />
NACD/UNODC project proposal to donors<br />
to undertake a national basel<strong>in</strong>e quantitative<br />
survey of illicit drug <strong>use</strong> and associated<br />
HIV/AIDS risk .<br />
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Appendix B: <strong>Region</strong>al aid projects, <strong>in</strong> full