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National Recovery Month was celebrated in Kenya on Friday 27th September with an event at the Empower Her Recovery Centre - Nueva Annex (Ngewa House) with the theme Empowering Women in Recovery. The event was graced by ISSUP Kenya members Dr Pamela Kaithuru (chapter President), Catherine Mwati, Jane Wambui (executive committee members), Fatma Musau (former executive committee member), and Kui Mucara (founder Nueva Annex) and Nkatha Mwenda. Well in ladies!

ISSUP Kenya Director, Dr Pamela Kaithuru meets with Kenyan Parliamentary Representative, Hon. Antoney Kibagendi to explore collaboration between the civil society organisation and the Government.

Honorable Kibagendi is the Member of Parliament for the Kitutu Chache constituency and the Chairperson of the Parliamentarians Against Drugs and Substance Abuse Caucus.

The meeting was held on Monday 19th August 2024.

On Friday, July 19, 2024, the St. Veronica The Healed Medicare Clinic in Gatundu, in partnership with ISSUP Kenya, facilitated training on the Universal Treatment Curriculum 1 (UTC1) for members of their community.

جمعہ 19 جولائی 2024 کو ، سینٹ ویرونیکا دی ہیلڈ میڈیکیئر کلینک ، گٹنڈو نے آئی ایس ایس یو پی - کینیا کے اشتراک سے اپنی کمیونٹی کے ممبروں کو یونیورسل ٹریٹمنٹ نصاب 1 کی تربیت کی سہولت فراہم کی۔

ISSUP Kenya organised a 5-day free training for the Congo Nation Sans Drogues advocacy group. The training was based on the Universal Treatment Curriculum (UTC 1).

Congo Nation Sans Drogues is a nonprofit organisation that focuses on prevention and care programmes for people affected by drugs in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

آئی ایس ایس یو پی کینیا سے تعلق رکھنے والی ڈاکٹر جیکولین انوڈو اور جین نڈونگو نے کینیا میں قید کے متبادل (اے ٹی آئی) پر ایک مشترکہ اجلاس کا حصہ بنایا۔ یہ اجلاس ای کے اے ہوٹل نیروبی، کینیا میں منعقد ہوا جس کا مقصد ملک میں اے ٹی آئی اقدامات کی تعمیر کرنا تھا۔

اجلاس کے ایجنڈے میں اے ٹی آئی کی ترجیحی سرگرمیوں، مومباسا میں اے ٹی آئی کے طریقوں کی نقشہ سازی کا جائزہ اور کینیا میں اے ٹی آئی پائلٹ کو مربوط کرنے کے طریقہ کار پر تبادلہ خیال شامل تھا۔

Join us for the launch of the ISSUP Kenya Code of Ethics!

In attendance would be the CEO C&P Board and ISSUP Kenya founding member Dr Matilda Mghoi accompanied by the former ISSUP Kenya trustee Dr Richard Gakunju (Former Chair GCCC and Clinical Director, MASAA).

The Code of Ethics will be presented by Catherine Mwati, the Ethics & Disciplinary sub-committee chair. It will be moderated by Albert Muraya.

ISSUP Kenya and ISSUP Uganda participated in a two day event dubbed "Connecting The Parallels Workshop Series". It was sponsored by Svenska Institute, Sweden under the East African Network (EAN) on drugs prevention and treatment. The EAN is made up representatives from Kenya, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and Burundi with an aim to discuss the importance of uniting both prevention and treatment to enhance to drug management in East Africa. 

ISSUP Kenya, in collaboration with key partners, orchestrated a series of impactful initiatives during the National Substance Use Prevention Week, observed from the 19th to the 23rd of February 2024. The focal point of these endeavours was the creation of awareness at Kiambu National Polytechnic, specifically addressing matters related to substance use disorders.

At the beginning of November, ISSUP and ISSUP Kenya attended the 25th Annual Congress of the International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) in Marrakesh, Morocco.