In 1972 the Government of Costa Rica and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) sign an agreement in which the Alcoholism Center (CESA) is created, becoming the first center of studies on alcoholism in Latin America. In 1973 The National Institute of Alcoholism (INSA) is created, as a dependency of the Ministry of Health, which replaced all the effects of the Commission. The INSA sets in the spotlight on the problematic of drugs in the country. Product of the profits reached with a permanent public policy in the matter of prevention and attention on alcoholism, in 1982 the INSA was named National Center of Reference by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). By the end of the 80´s epidemiology of the Costa Rican population begins to show important variations, mainly in relation to drug consumption of cocaine and crack.
In 1986, with the approval of law No. 7035, the INSA becomes the Institute on Alcoholism and Pharmacodependency (IAFA) and in 2002 the law N. 8289 grants instrumental legal personality to the IAFA.
Mission
IAFA is the organization which coordinates, promotes and develops sustainable programs for the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation on the consumption of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. It regulates the national advertising industry on the production of promotional material of spirits, tobacco and programs related to institutional aims. IAFA participates in the formulation of policies that allow to offer a variety of responses -with the help of others social actors- to the problematic derived from the consumption of these substances.
Company Details
- Employees
- 211
- Founded
- -
- Address
- De La Escuela Franklin Roosevelt 300 Metros Este Y 100 Metros Sur, Barrio La Granja,costa Rica
- Industry
- Government Administration
- NAICS
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Public AdministrationJustice, Public Order, and Safety ActivitiesSpace Research and TechnologyLegal Counsel and ProsecutionCorrectional InstitutionsParole Offices and Probation OfficesFire Protection
- Website
- iafa.go.cr
- Keywords
- Health, Addictions, Substance abuse, Prevention, Technical training, Gobierno, Salud, Sustancias Psicoactivas, Prevención, Promoción de la salud, Research in drug abuse, Adicciones.
- HQ
- San Pedro, Montes de Oca, San José
Instituto Sobre Alcoholismo Y Farmacodependencia (Iafa) Questions
Instituto Sobre Alcoholismo Y Farmacodependencia (Iafa)'s website is iafa.go.cr
Instituto Sobre Alcoholismo Y Farmacodependencia (Iafa)'s LinkedIn profile is https://cr.linkedin.com/company/iafacr
Instituto Sobre Alcoholismo Y Farmacodependencia (Iafa) has
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Instituto Sobre Alcoholismo Y Farmacodependencia (Iafa)'s industry is
Government Administration
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Instituto Sobre Alcoholismo Y Farmacodependencia (Iafa)'s categories are Government Administration
Instituto Sobre Alcoholismo Y Farmacodependencia (Iafa)'s founding year is 1972
