Moving from feasible to essential: Progress and future directions for promoting the implementation of substance use services for forcibly displaced populations in humanitarian settings

Recent research demonstrates that implementing evidence-based substance use interventions in humanitarian settings is feasible. Further evidence regarding the effectiveness, scalability and implementation of these interventions, including context-specific priorities, must be generated to ensure they are adopted as essential components integrated into the humanitarian health and social response. In 2023, over 100 million people globally are estimated to be currently displaced from their homes because of conflict, violence, disasters, persecution and human rights violations. Forcibly displaced populations include internally displaced persons who remain within their country of origin (62.5 million) and populations displaced across international borders such as refugees (35.3 million), asylum seekers (5.4 million) and other people in need of protection (5.2 million) [1]. Opportunities for resettlement, repatriation to communities…