Professional Development and Training

Ongoing education aimed at enhancing the competencies of the substance use workforce to deliver evidence-based care effectively, including accreditation.

ICUDDR Africa Regional Conference 2025

23 April 2025

Cairo

Egypt

Role of Universities in Shaping the Future: Advancing Substance Use Education, Research and Policy in Africa

Join the 2025 ICUDDR Africa Region Conference, the 17th Kasr Al Ainy Psychiatry Congress, and the 14th Kasr Al Ainy Child Psychiatry Congress, April 23-25, 2025, at Kasr Al Ainy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.

Building the Foundation of Evidence-Based Practice: A Guide to Evidence-Based Substance Use Prevention Resources

Reading List

18 December 2024

Evidence-based practice (EBP) serves as the foundation for effective prevention strategies, ensuring interventions, programmes, and policies are grounded in the best available scientific knowledge. This guide presents a curated collection...

Quality Standards and Competencies for University and Higher Education Addiction Study Programs

Scientific article

8 October 2024

BACKGROUND: Exponential growth of addiction specific services accelerated the need and pressure on professionalizing workforce. It is followed by the increasing number of university and higher education programs specifically focused on...

Building a Competent Addiction Workforce: The Significance of International Certified Addiction Professionals (ICAP) Certification

27 November 2024

Online

We are pleased to announce that we are hosting the webinar on "Building a Competent

ICUDDR Nigeria Virtual Conference

13 November 2024

Online

A virtual conference with the theme “Policy Integration for Addressing Mental Health and Drugs Related Needs in Nigerian Universities” will be held on November 13, 2024, from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM West Africa Time (WAT).

For abstract submission (icuddrnigeria2024conference [at] gmail [dot] com)