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Training Report on Getting Candid: Framing the Conversation Around Youth Substance Use Prevention
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Foundation for Changing Lives Against Substance Abuse in response to addressing the urgent need for more addiction workforce that can deliver evidence-based prevention program in Nigeria, requested the NATIONAL COUNCIL...
Training report on UTC 1 and 2 organised by foundation for changing lives against substance abuse
Summary
The training on Universal Treatment Curriculum 1 & 2 organized by Foundation for Changing Lives Against Substance Abuse (FOCLASA) took place between 14th - 19th November, 2022 at Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. Twenty-seven (27)...
Report on Treatnet Training
Report on Treatnet Training organised by Bayelsa State Drug Abuse Prevention and Rehabilitation Committee (BADAPARC) in collaboration with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for counselors in secondary and tertiary schools in...
UTC Report in Benue state, Nigeria dated 1st August 2022.
NDLEA chairman inaugurates first university-based addiction program in West Africa
Inaugurates of first university-based addiction program in West Africa.
CAPACITY BUILDING BY THE SHELTER NGO ( APRIL 5-10, 2021)
CAPACITY BUILDING FOR SUNSTANCE USE PREVENTION PROFESSIONALS
The Shelter Youth and Community Network (The Shelter NGO), approved Training Provider for the Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme (DAP) conducted her maiden training on...
Alcohol Use Among Nigerian Students
According to the World Health Organisation, Nigeria ranks second on the list of African countries for heavy episodic drinking.
Despite concerning figures, the picture is less clear when analysing particular populations, such as...
Better Knowledge for Better Care: Changing Substance Use Treatment and Prevention Narratives in Nigeria
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
Better Knowledge for Better Care
Changing Substance Use...
Press Statement - Substance Use Prevention and Treatment in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ref: ISSUPNC/01/ADM/VOL.1/004 May 11, 2020
PRESS RELEASE SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
We are an umbrella group of professionals dedicated to the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders...
UNODC Nigeria launches DrugHelpNet: A Network of Nigerian Health Professionals to Provide over-the-phone Assistance to Drug Users in Need
Based on the 2019 Drug Use Survey in Nigeria, UNODC estimates that there are more than three million Nigerians living with some of a drug use disorder. Government imposed lockdowns, implemented across most Nigerian States, weigh...
GISA Organises National TOT on UPC School Based Track in Nigeria
GISA Organises National Training of Trainers on UPC School Based Track in Nigeria
Between July 9 and 18th 2019, Global Initiative on Substance Abuse (GISA) in collaboration with the Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Programme and the Bureau of...
GISA Trains School Principals on UPC in Nigeria
Global Initiative on Substance Abuse (GISA) has commenced the training of secondary schools principals in Lagos state, Nigeria on the Universal Prevention Curriculum (UPC) for Substance Use Disorders.
Leading on from the first batch of...
Drug Use In Nigeria
Prevalence of Undiagnosed PTSD among In-Patients in an SUD Treatment Centre
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common co-ocuring disorder among patients with substance use disorders. Treatment of PTSD improves SUD treatment outcome. Many studies show that a large number of patients with co-morbid PTSD do...
Psychoactive Substance Dependence in Females: A Three Year Review
Psychoactive substance use was regarded as a male affair in the past. However, recent findings show an increasing number of females are getting involved. We conducted a three year retrospective review of patients admitted to the Centre for...
National Training of Trainers on the Universal Prevention Curriculum for Substance Use Disorders in Nigeria
Sexual Behaviour and Abuse of Drugs among Urban Teenagers in Lagos
Sexual Behaviour and Abuse of Drugs Among Urban Teenagers in Lagos
Molobe Ikenna Daniel 1, 2, 3, 4
1 Unified Initiative for a Drug-Free Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria
2 World Federation Against Drugs (WFAD), Stockholm, Sweden
3 Foundat...
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Drug Abuse among Sports Men and Women in Lagos State, Nigeria
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Drug Abuse among Sports Men and Women in Lagos State, Nigeria
Molobe, Ikenna Daniel
Deputy Director of Programs, Unified Initiative for a Drug Free Nigeria (UIFDFN)
Member, World Federation...
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