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In 2015, the Addis Ababa Action Agenda adopted at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and later endorsed by the United Nations as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognized that public policies and mobilization, and effective use of domestic resources, underscored by the principle of national ownership, are central to the common pursuit of sustainable development, including achieving the SDGs

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In other words, individual genetic makeup determines the response to addiction treatment, according to a 2009 article by Haile et al., published in The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse , titled Pharmacogenetic Treatments for Drug Addiction . A greater understanding of the genetic factors that protect or predispose an individual to addiction contributes to research in and the development of targeted, multi-directional, and more effective prevention and treatment methodologies, according to a 2019 blog post by Maria Mavrikaki , titled Your genes and addiction published by the Harvard Medical School