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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Alcohol Use: international conference "Correlates and Consequences"


29.06.2006

The international conference took place at the First Medical Faculty of Charles University in Prague, on June 29th, 2006. The principal speech was given by Dr. Isidor Obot (Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, WHO Geneva).

Published by: PhDr. Matúš Šucha

The one-day conference was organised by the Centre for Addictology and its partners. In addition to the principal speech, leading Czech and Slovak scientists in addictology presented their papers, among them Dr. Lubomir Okruhlica (Slovakia), Prof. Tomas Zima (Dean of the First Medical Faculty, Charles University), and Dr. Ludek Kubicka (Psychiatric Centre Prague).

The conference was opened with welcoming speeches by Prof. Tomas Zima, Dr. Alena Steflova (head of the WHO office in the Czech Republic), and Ms. Nina Janyskova (drug policy coordinator of the capital city Prague). The conference was held under the auspices of the Mayor of Prague, Pavel Bem, and the governor of the Central Bohemia region, Petr Bendl
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