Nigeria

Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series

ISSUP Webinar

30 July 2020

The first session of ISSUP Nigeria's Knowledge Update Series took place on Thursday 30th July 2020. It focused on experiences and challenges in delivering drug demand reduction interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic, capacity building on evidence-based substance abuse prevention and treatment interventions, and the way forward.

Bi-Monthly Webinar: ISSUP Nigeria Knowledge Update Series

30 July 2020

Abuja

Nigeria

The first session of ISSUP Nigeria's Knowledge Update Series will focus on experience and challenges in delivering interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic, capacity building on evidence-based prevention and interventions, and the way forward.

Access to Drug Treatment Services in Nigeria: The Challenge of Addiction Workforce

Video and audio recordings

8 June 2020

Presentation by Drs. Chia Francis and Mashika Esther This webinar will illuminate the level of drug use in Nigeria, efforts made so far to address access to drug abuse treatment services in Nigeria, and details of a study regarding access...

Access to Drug Treatment Services in Nigeria: The Challenge of Addiction Workforce

4 June 2020

Webinar

ISSUP ICUDDR

Attitudes towards Cough Syrup Abuse: A Study of Adolescents in Southwest, Nigeria

Scientific article

1 January 2020

One area of substance misuse among adolescents that is currently a problem, and has not been fully understood in the Nigerian context is the attitudes of adolescents towards cough syrup abuse. Thus, to inform policy actions for reducing...

UNODC Nigeria launches DrugHelpNet: A Network of Nigerian Health Professionals to Provide over-the-phone Assistance to Drug Users in Need

News

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...

AFRICAN NATIONAL CHAPTERS DIGITAL MEETING

AFRICAN NATIONAL CHAPTERS DIGITAL MEETING

The Zoom meeting was hosted by Jeff Lee who invited the African National Chapters to be part of the meeting. The meeting was held on Tue Jan 14, 2020 2pm – 3pm (EAT). Uganda National Chapter was represented by Uganda Youth Development Link (UYDEL) i.e. Mr. Rogers Mutaawe, Mr. Andrew Lubega and Ms. Barbara Nakijoba.

Issues discussed included;

World Federation Against Drugs' Regional Forum

THE WORLD FEDERATION AGAINST DRUGS’ REGIONAL FORUM TO BE HELD ON 6th FEBRUARY, 2020

ISSUP Nigeria Newsletter

ISSUP Nigeria has released its first newsletter!

Find out more about the background of the National Chapter and the wonderful team that is carrying out the work in Nigeria.

The newsletter describes Nigeria's activity at the 5th ISSUP Conference which took place in July in Vienna, Austria.

The publication also includes a list of events and training opportunities.

Welcome!

GISA Trains School Principals on UPC in Nigeria

News

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 a 6...