In South Asia, especially India about 70 per cent of the drugs are transported over land, making land borders crucial corridors, through which drugs are trafficked in and out of the country. The easy availability of drugs in the border areas makes their use easy among the local population as is evident from drug consumption trends and patterns in the border states of Manipur, Mizoram, West Bengal and in countries along its eastern borders like Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar due to their proximity to the “Golden Triangle” region. Consequently, this is continuing to create huge demands to be met with drug supplies through these routes.
Post : Drug Treatment Consultant
Duties and Responsibilities
The UNODC Regional Office for South Asia as a part of its overall response to drug control in South Asia, is implementing a new project on “Strengthening Cross Border and Community Responses to Illicit Drugs in South Asia”. The project will be implemented in close coordination with the government counterparts of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Myanmar. The project aims to foster and facilitate symbiotic engagement of the security agencies with the community of people who use drugs in the key Indian states in the east and northeast part of the country and in countries along its borders and will strive to create systems for strengthening and sustaining such engagements. The project will also build requisite capacities of both the law enforcement agencies engaged at these bordering areas as well as the community networks (of people who use drugs) in these areas. The mutually beneficial engagement of the community and the law enforcement agencies will also help in better understanding of problems faced by them and improved social engagement, reducing stigma and criminalization. Under this new initiative, UNODC will work closely with border control/law enforcement officers of five countries to address drug use and illicit trafficking at key border crossing points between India and four countries: Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. UNODC country office will be implementing the activities on side of Myanmar. This will be achieved through various interventions which will bring together law enforcement/ border security agencies and marginalized communities of people who use drugs. In doing so, UNODC will generate necessary evidence base for informing cross border responses in four key border points. In addition, UNODC, will strengthen engagements between community networks and enforcement agencies to mainstream health and human rights as part of comprehensive drug control approach.
Objectives of Study
UNODC proposes to conduct a exploratory situational analysis study in the four cross border locations outlined above . This situational analysis is fundamental to designing and updating national policies, strategies and plans and to guide the project to design and plan meaningful and relevant interventions:
- Identify extent, trends and patterns of drug movement including source and destination, establishment of illicit supply chain mechanisms, and linked cross border issues;
- Identify extent, trends and patterns of drug use by people who use drugs;
- Identify perceived knowledge, attitude and practice barriers as perceived by the drug user community which impede access to drug treatment services;
- Assess the availability, accessibility and uptake of scientific drug treatment by people who use drugs ie the drug using community;
- Assess current level of engagement of drug user community based organisations and people who use drugs with law enforcement agencies;
- Map out the current drug user community organisations/drug using community leaders;
- Map out the drug treatment services operated by government, non-governmental organisations, private health care providers and institutions and the referral pathways[1];
- Assessment the availability of scientific based treatment in the mapped out drug facilities.
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Competencies
- Good clinical assessment skills;
- Knowledge regarding UN/UNODC/ WHO guidelines on scientific treatment for drugs;
- Knowledge of the country treatment protocols in India, Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh;
- Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team and a multi-cultural environment;
- Proficiency in MS word
Required Skills and Experience
Educational Qualification:
- Advanced university degree in medical sciences.
Experience:
- At least 10 years of professional clinical work experience in drug treatment
- At least 3 years experience for conducting clinical assessments on drug treatment facilities in any two of the four countries- Nepal, Bhutan, India and Bangladesh ;
- Prior experience of working with the drug treatment facilities operated by government, non -governmental organizations and private health practitioners and hospitals managed privately.
- Previous experience in design of drug and health related research questionnaires and data triangulation will be an added advantage.
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