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Adfam’s Kinship Care Support and Development Coordinator, Dr Lindsay Reid, has published a comprehensive new research study exploring the experiences of kinship carers who care for their grandchildren because of their child’s drug or alcohol use.
Adfam will be hosting a free online forum event with Lindsay on Thursday 5th November at 11am, to present and discuss the research findings.
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In this issue, we highlight ISSUP’s participation in an international faith-based meeting in Rome, exploring the role of faith communities in addressing substance use and youth criminal recruitment.
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ISSUP was among the organisations represented at “A Faith-Based Response to Drugs and Youth Criminal Recruitment: A Dialogue from Latin America and the Caribbean to the World,” held in Rome from 25–27 August 2026.
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The 5th Uganda Alcohol Policy Conference(UAPC) is the largest gathering of researchers, practitioners, advocates and policymakers working on alcohol policy in Uganda. The conference is sponsored by IOGT-NTO movement and organized by UAPA in partnership with World Health organisation (SAFER Innitiative in Uganda), Ministry of Health and Makerere University School of Public Health.
THEME:“Advancing alcohol control: Protecting the present, securing the future”
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🕊 The Church: A Family Called to Prevent and Accompany
In the face of situations of problematic consumption and the advance of drug trafficking, we are convinced that no one is saved alone. We convene to share, learn and strengthen our support networks.
💡 What will we work on?
10/26: Prevention as a churchwide task.
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#Webinar💻 | Este jueves 29 de octubre tendremos un nuevo webinar internacional y presentaremos las siguientes ponencias:
🔹CIENCIA Y FE: Construyendo puentes de humanidad
🔹El proceso de la Pastoral de Adicciones de Perú
📆 29 de octubre
⏰ 20:00 hrs (Horario de Lima, Perú)
📍 Zoom
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ISSUP Colombia le invita cordialmente a participar en su seminario web sobre Entender y prevenir el consumo abusivo episódico de alcohol en universitarios.
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The Uganda National Drug Authority (NDA) launched a five-day Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC) Core Training on 19 October 2026 at its headquarters in Kampala. The training brings together 22 pharmacists, primarily from the Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda, to strengthen their knowledge and skills in evidence-based substance use prevention.
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ISSUP España le invita cordialmente a participar en su seminario web sobre Prevención selectiva e indicada: ¿qué nivel preventivo elegir?
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In this issue, we’re sharing the fourth and final episode of the The Road After Prison: Care, Recovery and Safer Communities podcast with Michael Chaple, alongside a new reading list highlighting key insights from ISSUP 2026 Virtual Conference.
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