National Presentation for Lao P'D'R

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National Presentation for Lao P.D.R

• August 18 2003
• Improving ATS Data and Information Systems
  Regional Meeting
• Bangkok Thailand

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• Outputs 1 and activities
• Review existing data sources and comparability of
  data sources Achieved .
• Make recommendation on additional sources of data
  to be developed modification to existing data
  sources and networks In progress
• .Output 2 Identify focal point Vientiane
  Municipality (PCDC) each Province (PCDC).
• Hold the preliminary meeting with each prefecture
  focal point and relevant ministry. Achieved
• Develop communication strategy Not completed

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• Output 3
• - Develop a survey methodology Achieved
• Survey administration and coordinating meeting
  with focal point Not achieved .
• Conduct survey Expected in December
  03
• - Enter data and interpret data (evaluation) Jan
  04
• Publish and print survey results May 04

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• Reasons of individual workplan outputs selected
• Selected targeted groups School survey,
  non-captive groups (Service girls, Disco clients,
  unemployed youth)
• Reasons
• Those groups had already been studied
• Evolution of drug use trends among those groups.

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• Existing Data Sources
• School survey in Vientiane Municipality,
• Luangprabang Province , Savannakhet Province
  (1999-2000)
• Service Gils, Un-employed, Disco clients
  (Vientiane)
• Number of case seeking treatment at MHU, 103
  hospital , Somsagna Center.

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• Information provided by data sources
• Prevalence of drug use
• - Lifetime drug use
• - Current drug use
• Drug use patterns
• Risky behaviors
• Drug use / HIV / AIDS
• Mass media information available

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• Potential Data sources identified
• - ( Lao National Commission for Drug Control and
  Supervision, Drug Control Unit, Provincial
  Commission for Drug Control, District commission
  for Drug Control.
• - Hospital Mahosot Hospital, 103 Military
  Hospital, Somsagna Center Detoxification Center
• - Local Authority, Mass organization (Lao Youth
  Union, District, LWU,...)
• - Police
• GTZ
• NGOs

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• Potential Data Sources Provide
• Mental Health Unit
• Number of ATS cases ( Old case and New Case)
• Relapses
• Delinquent behavior related to drug
  abuse(violence, accidents, fighting...)
• Relationship between drug users and family not
  harmonious

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• What difficulties, if any, did you encounter
  while completing your national review?
• How difficult was it to find your sources?
• - No comprehensive data available
• - Obtained datas could be duplicated as
• each sector collect them itself
• - Data dispersed

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• Contact with different Network sources
• - Once a month
• Provide data sources
• - Every three months

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• Difficulty managing Network in Laos
• Yes
• Be overcome
• - set up informal meeting once a month in order
  to inform each other on conducting / managing
  activities related to drug use
• - use format for collecting data which will be
  used only by agency dealing with drug abuse
  (based on UNODC regional format)

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• What data sources have not been, or could not be,
  developed?
• Evaluation of drug abuse treatment in treatment
  facilities
• How will you develop these data sources in the
  next year?
• In collaboration with medical professionals
  dealing with drug abuse treatment
• Data sources have not been/ could not be
  developed
• Network

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• How to develop
• Training on data collection method
• Training on data and information systems for
  (LCDC, DCU, PCDC, DCDC )
• Material Computer, Printer, Software, Internet
• Web-site
• Network Bureau LCDC, DCU, PCDC, DCDC
• Routine information ( prevalence.., treatment,
  rehabilitation, format

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Drug Trends
x
3
x
1
x
2
x
4
x
5
Completing this table is intended to represent
your non-scientific expert opinion on the trend
in your country, and is similar to the ranking
exercise undertaken at last years inception
meeting.
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• Are people switching from another drug to ATS or
  from ATS to another drug?
• Switching from other Drug
• Cannabis to ATS
• Opium to ATS
• Switching from ATS to another drug
• ATS to Alcohol
• ATS to Nicotine
• Are you seeing new or non traditional users of
  ATS in 2003?
• Some drug users combine cannabis and ATS or ATS
  and alcohol and tobacco

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• Identify the drug user group
• Unemployed Youth
• Drop-out-of-school
• Student (Secondary School, Pupil)
• Labor worker
• New cases are seen at
• Mahosot Hospital (Jan. to Jul 2003 90 cases )
• Somsagna Center

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• ATS supply
• 2001 - 2002 - 1.519.348 tablets
• 2002 - 2003 - No data available
• ATS purity - No information
• ATS street price - 10,000 kip (1 USD)

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• Forms of ATS seen in Lao P.D.R
• tablets
• New form of ATS in the last year
• No
• New sources of ATS
• No local product
• Illicit trafficking increased

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• Routes of ATS administration
• - Mainly smoking, per os
• - No reported new route of administration among
  ATS users
• - 90 ATS patients seeking treatment at the
  Mental Health Unit (Jan - July 2003)