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Laura Amato, Marina Davoli Cochrane Drugs and Alcohol Group

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Marina DavoliLaura AmatoSuzana MitrovaSilvia Minozzi

The editorial base

Referees

Consumer involvement

Statistical advise

Editors

Authors

Collaborations with WHO

• Project WHO 2010-2011. Agreement for performance of work between the WHO Department of HIV/AIDS and Cochrane Drugs and Alcohol Group to guide the methodological process of the development of recommendations on policy and programmatic issues around HIV and viral hepatitis in people who inject drugs.

• Project WHO 2010-2011. Agreement for performance of work between The WHO Department of Essential Medicines and Pharmaceutical Policies (EMP) and the Cochrane Drugs and Alcohol Group to develop a Systematic review on dependence following treatment with opioid Analgesics for pain relief for the Development of WHO Pain Guidelines in Adults

• Project WHO 2008-2009. Agreement for performance of work betweenAgreement for performance of work between the WHO Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse (HQ/MSD ) and the Cochrane Drugs and Alcohol Group to review the evidence currently available in form of existing guidelines, systematic reviews and meta-analysis and in relation to the set of questions raised in the scoping document on "Alcohol use disorders” (the mhGAP guidelines)

• Project WHO 2007-2009 Partecipation to the panel and as methodological support for the development of WHO Guidelines for the Psychosocially Assisted Pharmacological Treatment of Opioid Dependence

http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/opioid_dependence_guidelines.pdf

Development of national guidelines

Official report on substances of abuse (including alcohol and tobacco) in order to develop health policy and prevention campaigns Commissioned by Italian Ministry of Health June 2007

National Plan “GOOD PRATICES FOR THE TREATMENT OF EATING DISORDERS”

May2008

Development of national guidelines

Reports for National, Regional and Local Health AgenciesProject: “Substitution drugs: state of the art and development of a consensus conference to improve the quality of treatment programs” 2006

Efficacy of preventive interventions for alcohol, tobacco and drugs in young people: an overview of systematic reviews 2007

Dissemination of evidences through Journals,websites, books, pamplets

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Dissemination of evidences through websites, books, pamplets …

http://www.cdag.cochrane.org http://www.iss.it/ofad/

Trainings and conferences for people involved in the treatment of drug addicts