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Addressing Emerging Issues in the Area of Women and Alcohol Use
Kenya launches National Guidelines for Alcohol and Substance Use Prevention and Management in Basic Learning Institutions, 2021
Kenya has added another landmark in substance use prevention and management. In the midst of a pandemic and unprecedented situation, Kenya has developed and launched the National Guidelines for Alcohol and Substance Use Prevention and...
Kenya Launches National Guidelines on Drug Use Prevention
June 26, 2021, Nairobi, Kenya:- As the World commemorated the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (IDADA) on June 26, 2021, Kenya has added another milestone in the journey towards a nation free from alcohol and...
Addressing Unprecedented Challenges in Management of SUD’s and GBV in the midst of COVID-19
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ISSUP Kenya - Kenya National Youth Service UTC Cycle II Training
ISSUP Kenya conducted a UTC Substance Use Disorders, Cycle II training for the Kenya National Youth Service(NYS), at the NYS centre Yatta 8-12 February 2021.
The Director-General NYS, Madam Matilda Sakwa, EBS officially opened the...
ISSUP Kenya Executive Committee Meeting
On Saturday 27th February 2021 the Executive Committee meeting of ISSUP Kenya took place. There were good discussions and more information will be forthcoming from the committee about the way forward for our organisation. In the meantime...
Congratulations to Kenya ICAP Credentialed Professionals
Congratulations to 39 candidates who passed their ICAP exams last month! Kenya leads the world in ICAP credentialed professionals with over 230! GCCC commends all of them for their dedication and passion to the field of Addiction...
UNODC Training for Kenyan Policymakers on the Nature, Prevention and Treatment of Drug Use Disorders
More than 25 Kenyan policymakers participated in a five-day UNODC policymakers online training on the nature, prevention and treatment of drug use disorders, held between 24 and 31 August 2020. The aim of this high-level training is to...
UNODC Ensuring Continuum of Care for People Who Use and Inject Drugs, Including Those in Prisons During COVID-19 in Coastal Kenya
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office for Eastern Africa (ROEA) supports Kenyan counties in COVID-19 prevention efforts for key and most vulnerable populations. In the spirit of leaving no one behind...
Drug Use and COVID-19 in Prisons: First Clinic Dedicated to the Treatment of People Living in Prisons with Opioid Use Disorders in Kenya
In 2018, Mombasa planned to set up a methadone programme for heroin injecting drug users living in prisons. As a follow up, UNODC worked together with the County of Mombasa and the Kenya Prison Service in 2019, to support and expand...
Insights on the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic and Substance Use Disorders in Kenya
The UNODC Kenya mentor has participated at the webinar on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and Substance Use Disorders in Kenya on Friday, 15 May 2020. Together with Hussein Manji, Public Health Consultant at UNODC ROEA, the mentor outlines...
Video: Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Substance Use Disorders: Prevention & Management
Kenya Credentials 28 Candidates!
GCCC congratulates the 28 candidates in Kenya who passed their exams last month! 19 now hold an ICAP I, 8 now hold an ICAP II, and I passed the ICAP III exam!
Women Using Heroin in Kenya: Why It’s Important to Intervene Early in Life
Recreational drug use in Kenya is common among men, women, and youth from both rural and urban environments.
Heroin is the primary drug taken by injection in Kenya and it is linked with increased rates of HIV transmission.
Recent...
NG-CDF Conference Mombasa
The NG-CDF held a conference at Mombasa, Kenya which included a section on addiction, drug and substance abuse. Facilitating this was an interactive and informative experience. Questions on drug and substance abuse effects on the work...
Elewa Ulevi at Maisha HIV/AIDS Conference 2019
At the Maisha HIV/AIDS conference 2019, we discussed how drug and substance abuse related to HIV/AIDS. Drug abuse changes our thought process and fogs judgment. We are prone to making decisions that we would not have made while sober. This...
Global Youth Forum
The Global Youth Forum at the NACADA, ISSUP and AU International Conference in Nairobi, Kenya played host to 186 youth from 19 different countries over the course of five days.
The Youth Summit was put on with funds from the...
Mombasa to set up prison drug rehabilitation clinic
Mombasa's prison department will soon be introducing methadone programs for heroin injecting drug users.
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