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Alcohol Harm Prevention Project

Radio Talk Show Report

Discussion Topic: Situation analysis of Alcohol abuse among young during the COVID 19 lock down

Station: Tiger FM 102.5 frequency  located in Nansana Municipality

Date:11th June 2020; 9:00AM to 10:00AM         

Guests: Mr. Mutaawe Rogers; Senior Programme Manager & Mr. Lubega Andrew; Project Officer

Objectives:

• To discuss the situation of alcohol abuse among young people during the COVID 19 lock down
• To share experiences about the effects of risky behaviours among youths in Uganda.
• To offer...

UGANDA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT LINK

PRESS RELEASE
RE: Alcohol and COVID-19; Two pandemics colliding 

Introduction:
 In Uganda we have seen a spike and unprecedented levels of drinking leading to increase in domestic violence and addiction levels. Some men are spending more time drinking and hence diverting money meant for food to buying alcohol.
Facts about alcohol in relation to COVID 19
a) Consuming high-strength alcohol does not kill the COVID-19 virus. If adulterated with methanol, can result in severe health consequences, including death.
b) Alcohol is not a food stuff
c) Alcohol is not an...

This free webinar-based training course on Motivational Interviewing (MI) is presented by Igor Koutsenok, MD, MS, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego, Department of Psychiatry.

Motivational Interviewing is an essential, client-centered, counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve ambivalence. We are absolutely thrilled to bring you this skills-building opportunity presented by a recognized expert in the field of MI.

The course consists of four sessions (originally held during June 2020).

Course Description

This is a...

سمارٹ کلب معاہدے کا تصور: مشرقی افریقہ میں بچوں کے لئے ثبوت پر مبنی بنیادی روک تھام کا طریقہ

- لوبیگا اینڈریو (یو وائی ڈی ای ایل)

کنٹریکٹ کا تصور بچوں اور نوعمروں کے لئے انسانی حقوق، اسکول میں بہتر حاضری اور نتائج کے ساتھ بہتر زندگی گزارنے اور شراب / منشیات اور دیگر مادوں کے بوجھ کے بغیر پروان چڑھنے کا ایک ذریعہ یا آلہ ہے۔

سمارٹ کا معاہدہ طریقہ مقامی طور پر مبنی ہے اور اس میں اجزاء شامل ہیں جیسے

• حصہ لینے والے بچوں / نوعمروں کے ساتھ انفرادی معاہدے
• سرپرست کی تحریری منظوری
• عارضی رکنیت
• رضاکارانہ طور پر رکن بننا (یا غیر حاضر رہنا) اور باہر نکلنے کا حق
• واپس آنے کا حق (کسی بھی اخراج کے بعد...

چرچ آف یوگنڈا نے ایک پروگرام شروع کیا ہے جو نوجوانوں کو شراب نوشی اور منشیات کے غلط استعمال سے خود کو بچانے میں مدد کرے گا۔ ڈرگ فری اسکولز پروگرام کا آغاز سبکدوش ہونے والے آرچ بشپ اسٹینلے نتاگلی نے ہفتہ 15 فروری 2020 کو مینگو  سینئر اسکول میں کیا ۔  تقریب میں شریک طلباء، اساتذہ اور شراکت داروں سے گفتگو کرتے ہوئے نتاگلی نے کہا کہ اسکولوں میں نوجوانوں میں منشیات کے استعمال میں اضافہ ہو رہا ہے، یہی وجہ ہے کہ چرچ نے اس کے خلاف کارروائی کرنے کا فیصلہ کیا ہے۔

چرچ آف یوگنڈا کے 'ڈرگ فری اسکولز' پروگرام کے کوآرڈینیٹر ایزرا تموہیروے نے کہا کہ توقع ہے کہ یہ اقدام 2026 تک 500 سیکنڈری اسکولوں کا احاطہ کرے...

THE WORLD FEDERATION AGAINST DRUGS’ REGIONAL FORUM TO BE HELD ON 6th FEBRUARY, 2020

The World Federation Against Drugs (WFAD) is holding this year’s first Regional Forum in the East African Region. The Forum will be taking place on the 6th of February, 2019 in Kampala Uganda and it will be hosted by Uganda Youth Development Link (UYDEL). WFAD has over 40 member organizations in the East-African Region, who all do fantastic work within prevention, drug addiction treatment and/or recovery and this is why the forum was hosted in East Africa. The World Federation Against Drugs is a multilateral...

AFRICAN NATIONAL CHAPTERS DIGITAL MEETING

The Zoom meeting was hosted by Jeff Lee who invited the African National Chapters to be part of the meeting. The meeting was held on Tue Jan 14, 2020 2pm – 3pm (EAT). Uganda National Chapter was represented by Uganda Youth Development Link (UYDEL) i.e. Mr. Rogers Mutaawe, Mr. Andrew Lubega and Ms. Barbara Nakijoba.

Issues discussed included;

1. Review of minutes from last meeting and the future process
2. Updates on African Regional NC Activity (please provide a brief input on your activity or any issues, questions you may have on your operation as a...

A preparatory meeting was held on 29th November 2019 at UYDEL office and they discussed about recruitment of members, updating of Uganda ISSUP website, the work plan for 2020, Launch of the ISSUP Chapter in April 2020 and future plans. The meeting also agreed to hold an initial meeting with identified members on 12th of December 2019 to get more input from members on the best way to run the ISSUP Chapter.

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Compiled by Andrew Lubega

 

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Psychoactive substance use and substance use disorders (SUDs) continue to be major problems around the world, taking a toll on global health and on social and economic functioning. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reports that, in 2015, about 250 million people between ages 15 and 64 used illicit substances at least once. Of those who use psychoactive substances, a significant number will develop substance use problems or SUDs. The 2015 UNODC survey found that about 29.5 million substance users suffer from SUDs, which means their use is harmful to the point they may...