News
6 October 2026
Report on the German Addiction Congress from 21st – 23rd September 2026 in Hamburg
SOLID
From 21. to 23 September 2026, the German Addiction Congress took place in Hamburg. It is one of the most important and largest interdisciplinary events on the topics of drugs and addiction in Germany.
6 October 2026
26th World Congress of Psychiatry (WPA WCP 2026)
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The 26th World Congress of Psychiatry, the flagship event of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), was held in Stockholm, Sweden, from 23 to 26 September 2026.
20 August 2026
17th International Conference of the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR)
SOLID
From 13–17 July 2026, the SOLID project participated in the 17th International Conference of the International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) in Lisbon, Portugal.
3 August 2026
Takeaways from AIDS 2026
SOLID
We came together for AIDS 2026 against a tumultuous funding and geopolitical backdrop, which has utterly changed the global response to HIV. At the same time, scientific discoveries are bringing us the most powerful tools yet to end the pandemic as a threat to public health and individual well-being.
31 July 2026
AIDS 2026, the 26th International AIDS Conference
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AIDS 2026, the 26th International AIDS Conference, taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and virtually, comes at a crucial time for the HIV response. In the face of an unprecedented funding crisis and major cutbacks to HIV programmes, the world’s largest conference on HIV and AIDS will bring together people living with HIV, researchers, policy makers, healthcare professionals, funders, media and communities – to rethink, rebuild and rise.
31 July 2026
Reimagining Hepatitis C Elimination: Time for Actions, Not Targets
SOLID
Global progress towards the World Health Organization's (WHO) 2030 hepatitis C virus (HCV) elimination targets has stalled. Only 13 countries are on track to achieve either relative (80% reduction in new acquisitions, 65% in deaths) or (...)
31 July 2026
Full Spectrum Harm Reduction in Europe
SOLID
Many subgroups of people who use drugs have unique needs and risks influenced by complex social, psychological, and systemic factors. Due to the diversity of experiences across subgroups, tailored harm reduction (HR) approaches are essential in minimizing negative consequences associated with high-risk behaviours while promoting empowerment and dignity.
31 July 2026
New Study on Gaming Disorder and Depression Comorbidity
SOLID
Shuo Li and colleagues of the Shanghai Mental Health Center published a new study on gaming disorder and depression comorbidity.
10 July 2026
The Future of Synthetic Drugs 2050: Scenarios for Europe
SOLID
This page presents four scenarios developed as part of the Synthetic Drugs 2050 foresight project, ‘Increasing EU resilience to possible developments in the availability and use of synthetic drugs in Europe by 2050’.
7 July 2026
Video's of International Conversations Series "Addiction and Drug Use" Now Online
SOLID
In the winter term, the International Conversations Series "Addiction and Drug Use" was organized. From the SOLID team, Daniel Deimel (Technische Hochschule Nürnberg, Germany), Dalida Mukasheva (Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan) and Nurgual Musaeva (Bishkek State University, Kyrgyzstan) contributed to the lecture series. The video's, recordings, texts and publications are now available online.