Colombia
Workshop for the Training on Quality
Norms and the Colombian National Treatment System of Drugs Dependency
On December 20 of 2005
the Colombian Ministry of Social Welfare, approved the
resolution #4750 that defines the conditions for the formation of
Drug-Rehab Care Centers (DCC) and the Pharmacy Services, at the annex:
Instrument for the Verification of the Fulfillment of the Scientific and
Technological Capacity Conditions for the habilitation of the DCC. The
resolution, was created in base to the results and data showed at the "Diagnostic
Assessment of the Situation of Centers for the Treatment, Rehabilitation and Social
Integration of Psychoactive Substance Users in Colombia" made by the General Direction of Service Quality of the
Ministry of Social Welfare. (Presentation).
The
Ministry of Social Welfare and CICAD held a two-day national workshop
with 52 representatives from all of Colombia’s provincial departments (equivalent
to states). The objective was to train those in charge of rehabilitation
in the local drug treatment centers, pursuant to resolution 4750 of
December 20, 2005. The workshop was divided into four parts: 1) general
introduction about CICAD’s hemispheric policy, and specifically demand
reduction; 2) a description of the status of service providers in
Colombia; 3) a presentation on resolution 4750 and its annex; and 4) an
exercise showing how to apply the instrument used to determine
compliance with the standards. (February 20-21, 2006). |
