The document provides a five-year plan for the integration of mental health into the primary health care service delivery platform.

The document provides directions and programs of the Ministry of Health and its efforts to transform the health sector.

آی سی یو دی   آر اعلام کرده است که آنها میزبان یک دوره پیاده سازی تحت عنوان "توسعه برنامه های علمی کاهش تقاضای مواد مخدر مبتنی بر دانشگاه" برای اعضای ما در آفریقا خواهند بود.  هدف از این دوره تجهیز کارکنان دانشگاهی به دانش، مهارت ها، نگرش ها و شایان توجه مربوطه برای توسعه برنامه های دانشگاهی پایدار DDR است که نیازهای محلی را برآورده می کند و با اهداف و اهداف دانشگاهی و نهادهای نظارتی همسو می شود.

 این کورس هنوز در حال توسعه است و تسهیل آن چهارشنبه 19 می 2021 آغاز خواهد شد.  جلسات 90 دقیقه طول می کشد و هر چهارشنبه به مدت 27 هفته برگزار می شود.  این کورس شرکت کنندگان را از طریق روند توسعه یک...

The Demand for Alcohol in South Africa

The sale, dispensing and distribution of liquor was prohibited in the nationwide lockdown on levels 5 and 4 (DMA, 2002; Amendment Regulations 2020:22). The alcohol ban that was imposed during these levels highlighted the erratic behavior where looting of alcohol outlets in South Africa was observed (BusinessTech, April 2020). This behavior that was observed demonstrated that the demand for alcohol in South Africa is an ongoing problem (Peltzer, et al., 2011:36). The national disaster in which the fight against the novel virus COVID-19, became the...

Mental disorders have become a global public health issue exacerbated by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In Senegal, the treatment and care of people suffering from mental health disorders, including substance use disorders, faces multiple obstacles and challenges which have a profound effect on families and communities.

As a result, in 2019, the Ministry of Health of Senegal put in place a network of over 30 organizations throughout the country whose objective is to assist and provide support to individuals struggling with mental health disorders including those who use drugs, who are...

Uganda Has now officially started training in harm reduction and has created Medically Assisted Treatment (MAT) Clinics in one of its National referral Mental Hospital Alcohol and Drug Unit.

The training is ongoing for new and existing staff to run this new facility and MAT clients will be enrolled this coming month. 

A special thanks to all the efforts of Dr David Basangwa whose dream this is has now become a reality.