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Towards achieving a world free of drug abuse among the youth

President Yoweri Museveni has assented to the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act 2023 which among others allows the licensed Farming and use of Marijuana strictly for Medical use. The bill was passed by Parliament in August 2023 setting harsh penalties for a swarm of crimes related to substances abuse.

According to the current WHO report of 2023, Uganda is ranked the highest alcohol consumer in the African Region with a per capita alcohol consumption of 12.21 liters among adults.

Harmful use of alcohol is associated with a range of Communicable and Non-Communicable

Diseases, mental and psychological conditions, interpersonal violence, road traffic injuries, and Deaths.

This year, the ISSUP Uganda Chapter and Uganda Youth Development Link (UYDEL) partnered with the UNODC Uganda Country office and other stakeholders to commemorate World Drug Day and the 30th Anniversary of UYDEL.

Vážení poslanci,

 

Pozdrav od sekretariátu Uganda Alcohol Policy Alliance (UAPA). 

 

Výkonná rada UAPA Vás zve na výroční valnou hromadu, která se bude konat v pátek 21. července 2023 v hotelu Kolping od 10:00. Uložte si prosím výše uvedené datum pro valnou hromadu.  

UGANDA ALCOHOL POLICY ALLIANCE ve spolupráci s pobočkou ISSUP Uganda vám přináší webinář 2023 AFRO REGION

Série akcí týkajících se politiky týkající se alkoholu.

Hospodářský, sociální a environmentální rozměr

Datum: 5. července 2023

Hlavní řečník

In commemoration of the World Drug Day, UYDEL and partners are organizing a webinar on the topic of Drug Prevention efforts and Prevention smart parents which will be taking place on Tuesday, 20th June 2023 via zoom from 11:00am up to 12:00pm.

Připojte se k ISSUP Uganda na akci o mezinárodních standardech léčby a o tom, co mohou naši zdravotníci, sociální pracovníci a manažeři center udělat, aby poskytli minimální standardy léčby a péče pro mladé lidi.

Dear Members

Greetings from ISSUP Uganda chapter

You are kindly invited to attend a Webinar-Paradigm shift in evidence-based prevention-Future trends and challenges organized by ISSUP Uganda Chapter on Thursday 12 January 2023, 11:00am- 12:20pm East African Time.

Featuring a guest speaker Mr. Matej Kosir-Director institute for Research and Development UTRIP, Slovenia/ISSUP

The ISSUP Uganda National Chapter was formally launched on 6th October 2022 at the Imperial Royale Hotel in Uganda.