Las propuestas que se centren en cuestiones de salud entre las personas usuarias de drogas más allá de la hepatitis C son más que bienvenidas. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.

INHSU is the world’s leading conference for people interested in the health and well-being of people who use drugs. Abstracts that focus on health issues among people who use drugs beyond hepatitis C are not only welcomed but highly encouraged.

Abstract Submission Deadline: 11:59PM (EET) Sunday 3 March 2024

Download the below guidelines and template and submit via our online portal.

INHSU 2024 Abstract Submission Guidelines

Epidemiology, Public Health and Clinical Research Template

Social Science and Policy Research-Based Template

Models of Care and Programs Abstract Template

 Contact conference@inhsu.org to be connected to one of our members who can assist you. 

We are pleased to announce scholarship opportunities will be available for the 12th International Conference on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users. We will be offering a number of full or partial scholarships for researchers, community members, practitioners, program workers, and policymakers.

The deadline for applications is 11:59pm (EET) Sunday 3 March 2024

Please note that those who have not previously received a scholarship will be prioritised.

A full scholarship will include conference registration, return economy class flights and accommodation and a partial scholarship will include just the conference registration. Before applying please ensure you have read the selection criteria.

12ª Conferencia Internacional sobre Salud y Atención de la Hepatitis en Personas Usuarias de Sustancias - INHSU 2024

For the provisional agenda of the ECDD, click 

See the following link to find the list of substances, critical and pre review reports, 47th Member State Questionnaire, as well as other documents relevant to the forty-seventh ECDD: 

https://www.who.int/groups/ecdd/forty-seventh-ecdd-documents 

47ª reunión del Comité de Expertos de la OMS en Farmacodependencia (ECDD)

Lisboa Adicciones 2024 es una conferencia multidisciplinar que pretende moldear políticas y prácticas, profundizando en la ciencia y los comportamientos modernos de la adicción. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.


From the outset, the European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies has been about stimulating and promoting high-quality scientific debate, showcasing leading European addiction research in the specialist areas of illicit drugs, alcohol, tobacco, gambling and other addictive behaviours. Lisbon Addictions is a multidisciplinary conference that provides a forum for networking across the addictions field.

The event is organised by: the Portuguese 

General-Directorate for Intervention on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies (SICAD)

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)

journal Addiction/Society for the Study of Addiction (Addiction/SSA)

International Society of Addiction Journal Editors (ISAJE)

The next European Conference on Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies will take place in Lisbon on 23-25 October 2024 under the overarching theme ‘Empowering the workforce of the future’.

Potential contributors are invited to submit abstracts in the following main thematic tracks:

Prevention of risky and harmful behaviours

Alcohol: risks, clinical considerations, treatments, and outcomes

Hepatitis C, other infectious diseases, and drug-related harms

Drug policy: latest developments and new challenges

For more information about abstract submission, click 

Lisbon Addictions 2024

Los debates se centrarán en todos los acuerdos internacionales en la materia. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.

Vienna International Centre (BR-D, 4th floor, C-Building) - Austria

High-level declaration by the Commission on Narcotic Drugs on the 2024 midterm review, following up to the Ministerial Declaration of 2019

Following the format used for the thematic discussions held within the CND since 2016, 

 and will hold, every autumn, inter-active meetings aiming to address the challenges identified in the “stock taking”- part of the 2019 Ministerial Declaration.

The first of these thematic intersessionals will take place 

 in Vienna, Austria. The meeting will be held 

, combining an in-person component with online participation.

for the meeting that contain additional information)

12 November 2024: Expanding range of drugs and synthetic opioids and nonmedical use of prescription drugs

Morning session (10AM to 1PM CET): Expanding range of drugs and diversifying markets..

Afternoon session (3PM to 6PM CET): Synthetic opioids and non-medical use of prescription drugs.

13 November 2024: Illicit cultivation, production, and trafficking

Morning session (10AM to 1PM CET): Challenges in illicit cultivation and production of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.

Afternoon session (3PM to 6PM CET): Illicit trafficking in substances and precursors, and domestic diversion of precursor chemicals.

14 November 2024: Scheduling Challenges and Other Substantive Matters

Morning session (10AM to 1PM CET): Legal, scientific, and regulatory challenges in scheduling substances.

Afternoon session (3PM to 6PM CET): Other substantive matters (to allow discussion of persistent, new, or emerging issues of particular concern).

All of the thematic panel discussion also provide an opportunity to discuss cross-cutting issues, including those identified in the "way forward" part of the 2024 CND High-Level Declaration:

For each panel up to 3 NGOs will have the possibility to present their work and positioning

. In order to ensure an inclusive, comprehensive and meaningful civil society participation, NGOs will work through the Vienna NGO Committees on Drugs (VNGOC) which has been requested to coordinate contributions. Each speaker will have 2-3 minutes to present their work on the thematic focus of the panel. 

Interpretation will not be available during the meetings

 and all abstracts and statements have to be submitted in English.

DEADLINE: 6 OCTOBER 2024 at 11.45PM CEST (Vienna time, UTC+2)

Reunión intersesional de la CND - Sesiones temáticas sobre la puesta en marcha de todos los acuerdos internacionales en materia de políticas de drogas (Noviembre de 2024)

El 15to Foro Internacional de AWID tendrá lugar del 2 al 5 de diciembre de 2024 en Bangkok, Tailandia, donde feministas del Sur Global y comunidades históricamente marginadas se movilizarán para conectarse con movimientos aliados, agencias financieras y gestores de políticas. Más información, en inglés, está disponible abajo.

The AWID Forum is the world’s largest event that wholeheartedly centers feminist and gender justice movements in all their diversity. It is a transformative space created by and for the movements - where Global South feminists and historically marginalized communities take centerstage, strategize to shift power, and connect with allied movements, funders and policy-makers.

And so it is with full and fiery hearts that we share…

The 15th AWID International Forum will take place from December 2-5, 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand!

We hope to gather 2,500 in-person and 3,000 online/hybrid participants.


When thousands of feminists come together, we create a sweeping force of solidarity that has the power to change the world! We’re excited, and we know you’re excited too - so stay tuned for more details, including registration and our plans for a program full of feminist magic.

Foro Internacional AWID 2024

En la conferencia se presentarán los últimos avances y prácticas innovadoras en materia de reducción de daños y se debatirá sobre la política de drogas y sus implicaciones para las personas usuarias de drogas y otros grupos marginados. Se pretende debatir diferentes perspectivas sobre la reducción de daños, la inclusión social y temas relacionados. El EHRC proporciona una plataforma para crear vínculos y sinergias entre las partes interesadas nacionales y europeas. 

6ta Conferencia Europea de Reducción de Daños

La continuación de la 67ª sesión tendrá lugar los días 5 y 6 de diciembre de 2024.

Continuación del 67º período de sesiones de la Comisión de Estupefacientes

La Conferencia Internacional sobre Reducción de Daños 2025 (HR25) se celebrará en Bogotá, Colombia, del 27 al 30 de abril de 2025.

La firme sociedad civil colombiana tiene un largo historial de provisión de servicios ejemplares de reducción de daños. Además, en octubre de 2023, el nuevo gobierno de Colombia anunció una nueva y audaz política de drogas que rompía con la guerra contra las drogas. Esta se centra en las oportunidades y la justicia.

La Conferencia Internacional de Reducción de Daños se dirige a Colombia para apoyar a un país que está dando el salto hacia un nuevo paradigma y para aprender del país y de la región.

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