(Mar. 28) – This morning, in the Mother Teresa Hospital Tirana of Tirana, has opened the new Center for Care and Treatment of Addiction, first specialized center in Albania and established under a joint program of UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) and WHO (World Health Organization), to which Italy has contributed with a financial commitment of about 200.000 euros.
The new care center is a crucial step for the development of health services dedicated to the drug treatment in Albania, with the important goal of improving security and living conditions of the Albanian citizens. The inauguration was attended by Albanian Minister of Health, Petrit Vasili, the UNDP representative in Albania, Zineb Benjelloun-Touimi, the Director General of Mother Teresa Hospital in Tirana, Saimir Izviku, and the counselor of the Embassy of Italy in Tirana, Joseph Berlendi.
In the last seven years the Italian, Cooperation with the support of UNODC, supported the Albanian institutions, helping to the fight organized crime, with particular attention to drug trafficking and customs security, with a total financial commitment of more than one million two hundred thousand euros. (Ram/Peg)
