Preventing Drug Abuse among the Out-of-School Youth and Street Children (Through Special Drug Education Center)
Children and youth below 25 years of age constitute half of the 80 million total population of the Philippines; about 30 million are between the ages of 7 to 25 years old (NSO 2001). A significant growing number are the out of school youth and street children; the largest concentration of OSYs and street children are in National Capital Region (DDB Study 2004).
The Socia
ATCPDE Joins Philippine Delegation to 39th ASOD Meeting
The ASEAN Training Center for Preventive Drug Education (ATCPDE), through its Director, Prof. Francis Grace H. Duka-Pante, joined the Philippine delegation to the 39th Meeting of ASEAN Senior Officials on Drug Matters (ASOD) in Brunei, Darussalam on August 27-30, 2018.
The Philippine Delegation to the 39th ASOD Meeting
The 9-member Philippine delegation was headed by Danger
ATCPDE publishes book
ASEAN Adoption of the
Drug Use Prevention International Standards
The ASEAN Training Center for Preventive Drug Education (ATCPDE) recently released a book entitled "ASEAN Adoption of the Drug Use Prevention International Standards."
The book features lectures and presentations of ASEAN and local experts during the ASEAN Conference on Drug Use Prevention Internationa
Ph to host ASEAN confab on drug use prevention global standards
The ASEAN Training Center for Preventive Drug Education (ATCPDE) is organizing the ASEAN Conference on Drug Use Prevention International Standards on December 5-7, 2016 at the National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development (NISMED), University of the Philippines campus in Diliman, Quezon City.
ATCPDE Director Prof. Francis Grace H. Duka-Pante said the conference will summa
ATCPDE Presents M&E Training Proposal during the 37th ASOD Meeting
The ASEAN Training Center for Preventive Drug Education (ATCPDE) through its Director, Prof. Francis Grace H. Duka-Pante, joined the Philippine delegation to the 37th Meeting of ASEAN Senior Officials on Drug Matters (ASOD) in Bangkok, Thailand on August 24-27, 2016.
The Philippine Delegation to the 37th ASOD Meeting
The eight-member Philippine delegation was headed by Unde
ATCPDE Conducts ASEAN Life Skills Training for PDE Implementers at Manila Hotel
ATCPDE and its partner agencies conducted last October 5-9, 2015 the Life Skills Training for Preventive Drug Education Implementers in the ASEAN Region at the Manila Hotel, Manila, Philippines.
Undersecretary Edgar C. Galvante of Dangerous Drugs Board of the Philippines (at podium) addresses delegates from
ASEAN member-countries during the "Life Skills Training for Preventive Drug Ed