The World Health Organization announced holding a session on the escalation of the crisis, mental health, and substance use disorders in Afghanistan on the sidelines of the sixty-seventh session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Austria.

Recently, the organization added in a newsletter that this session is scheduled for March 21 on the margins of the Vienna Commission on Narcotic Drugs session.

The World Health Organization stated that the objective of this session is to present the latest details on mental health and substance use, as well as to devise policies to prevent the worsening of the crisis in Afghanistan.