Úvod: Vzhledem k omezené literatuře o poruchách spojených s užíváním alkoholu (AUD) a jejich léčbě v rozvojových zemích si tento článek klade za cíl prozkoumat úrovně motivace a jejich koreláty mezi uživateli alkoholových služeb ve dvou rezidenčních léčebných centrech v ugandské Kampale. Tato studie o srovnání úrovně motivace ugandských uživatelů alkoholových služeb s americkými studiemi; a specifické faktory ovlivňující vnitřní a vnější motivaci v ugandském kontextu.

Design/metodika/přístup: Motivace k léčbě byla měřena u 100 jedinců nastupujících léčbu AUD pomocí škály léčebných potřeb a...

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MAY 2021 Edition 1, Volume 1

The VNGOC together with the UNODC Civil Society Unit will be holding two webinars to present and discuss the World Drug Report 2021, which will be launched on 25th June.
 
VNGOC are looking for civil society speakers wishing to present at these webinars, on how they use the data compiled in the World Drug Report each year and how these data impact their work. 

• The first webinar will be held on 13th July 2021 and will focus on Asia, Oceania and Europe.
• The second webinar will be held on 15th July 2021 and will focus on Africa and the Americas. 

Each webinar will comprise welcome remarks...

UNODC’s Strategic Vision for Africa 2030 outlines our mission to provide more safety to Africa’s people, government and institutions from drugs, crime, corruption, terrorism and illicit financial flows.

The UNODC Vision 2030 seeks to strengthen crime prevention, enhance justice, address organized crime, ensure a balanced response to drugs, improve the rule of law and bolster resilience.

The report provides information on risk factors for non-communicable diseases and prevalence of selected NCDs bases on WHO’s STEPwise approach to Surveillance (STEPS).

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.

ICUDDR  has announced they will be hosting an implementation course entitled “Developing University-based Drug Demand Reduction Academic Programs” for our members in Africa.  The purpose of the course is to equip academic staff with relevant knowledge, skills, attitudes and competencies to develop sustainable DDR academic programs that meet local needs and align with university and regulatory bodies goals and objectives.

This course is still in development, and facilitation will begin Wednesday, May 19, 2021.  Sessions are 90 minutes long and will be held every Wednesday for 27 weeks.  The...

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...