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Area: |
Demand
Reduction |
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Project
Name: |
Standards
of Care in Drug Abuse Treatment |
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Start
date /Duration: |
1997 /
Ongoing |
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Location: |
Argentina,
Barbados, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica,
Colombia,
El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay,
Peru,
Venezuela. |
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Beneficiaries: |
OAS
member states in South America, Central America, and the
Caribbean. |
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Participating
Institutions: |
Ministries
of Health and substance abuse and mental health treatment providers in participating member
states. |
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Budget: |
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Donors: |
US
Department of State |
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Project
Description: |
Since
1997, CICAD has been assisting member states to regulate the quality of
substance abuse treatment by implementing standards of care in drug
treatment. Once approved by the Ministries of Health and treatment
providers, these standards facilitate (1) the creation of a National
Registry of treatment programs and services, and (2) the accreditation and
periodic evaluation of existing centers and programs. Carefully monitored
standards of care offer substance abuse patients the best chance for
competent and humanitarian care leading to recovery.
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Objectives: |
That each OAS member
state establish standards for substance abuse treatment. |
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Links: |
Standards
of Care in the Treatment of Drug Dependence: The Experience in the
Americas
(February 2003)
| Implementation of
Minimum Standards of care by country:
(Please note, below standards only
available in original language of participating country)
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- Pan-American Health
Organization/World Health Organization
- Practice
Guidelines for
Treatment of Patients with Substance Use Disorders
(American Psychiatric Association, 1995)
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