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Two experts from Germany conducted a two-day training workshop for fifteen medical professionals, representing the penitentiary system of Turkmenistan.

National partners from the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry and the Ministry of Internal Affairs participated in a workshop on the national drug situation and reporting. Experts from the Netherlands and Czech Republic presented evidence-based drug policies and provided an overview of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) reporting system and key indicators.

National partners from the Drug Control Agency, National Centre for Monitoring and Prevention of Drug Use, Republican Clinical Centre of Narcology, Republican AIDS Centre, Ministry of Education and Science, Ministry of Justice and NGOs took part in the three-day National workshop. They discussed the 2016 National Report on Drug Situation and other documents.

National partners from the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Information Centre on Health, the Youth organisation, the Children Fund of Turkmenistan, the Turkmen State Medical University, the Ashgabat Centre on Prevention of Drug and Alcohol Addictions and Mental Disorders participated in a workshop where they planned a pilot prevention programme addressing youth with risky behaviours.