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ECOWAS holds validation workshop on the 2018-2019 West African Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (WENDU) report for the sub-region
The ECOWAS Commission has held a workshop to validate the 2018-2019 West African Epidemiology Network on Drug Use (WENDU) Report. The 2018-2019 WENDU report is the second regional report on illicit drug trafficking and drug use in West Africa. The report highlights the latest estimates and trends on drug abuse and drug supply, as well
2020 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
ECOWAS Experts Begin Process of Validating Empirical Survey on Substance Abuse
Professor Obot (L) and Mr Amankwaah (R) during the opening of the Workshop Abuja, March 3rd 2020. Experts from Member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and other officials have begun the validation of empirical survey on substance abuse, treatment and rehabilitation facilities. This activity is being carried out through a
ECOWAS, EU and UNDOC hold PSCC Meeting to Ensure Effective Coordination of the Regional Action Plan on Organized Crime and Drugs
L-R Mr. Kurt Cornelis, Head of Cooperation in the EU Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Mohammed Ibrahim, Rep. Commissioner Social Affairs and Gender and Mr. Oliver Stolpe, UNODC Representative Abuja, 19th September 2019. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in partnership with the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Office on Drugs
ECOWAS and UNODC Held a Review Meeting on the West African Drug Report (2014 – 2017)
L-R Fernando Yonge Barreto Costa, Esther F. Grant, Francis Kofi Torkornod, Kurt Cornelis, Oliver Stolpe, Dr. Sintiki UGbe, Mashood Oluku Lawal, Stefania MARRONE, Baba Hussaini, Dr. Abdul Jalloh Abuja, 22nd July, 2019. ECOWAS and UNODC along with other stakeholders met in Abuja, on the 17th July, 2019 to review the first West African Drug Report
ECOWAS Commission expresses confidence in the renewed efforts at tackling Drug Menace
Commissioner Jagne reading the speech of president Brou Abuja, 12th April 2019. The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is confident that the renewed efforts in tackling the menace of drug abuse at the national, regional and global levels will yield positive results in no time.The President of the Commission Jean-Claude
ECOWAS Commission urges renewed commitment, increased vigour in tackling drug abuse and organised crime
 Abuja, 9th April 2019 . The Experts’ session of the Inter-Ministerial Drug Coordinating Committee Meeting (IMDCC) of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) got underway on the 9th of April 2019, in Abuja, Nigeria. Among others, the experts are deliberating on the theme: “Renewal of Commitment, Ten Years after the Political Declaration