public healthDrug and substance continues to be on the rise in Zimbabwe. It is more prevalent in urban areas. Despite growing evidence that drug and substance abuse are on tdoi:10.2139/ssrn.3489954Matutu, VakaiMususa, DanielSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
Over the past few years Zimbabwe has been battling an unprecedented increase in drug abuse, especially by students in institutions of higher learning. During the National Youth Day commemorations last year, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association said the widespread drug and substance abuse among youths...
Zimbabwe is experiencing an upsurge in drug abuse cases and most of those abusing the drugs are young people. Health and Child Care Deputy Minister Dr John Mangwiro said concerted efforts are needed to address the rising substance abuse problem. He said this while responding to legislators during...
UNTIL recently, the issue of rising drug abuse among Zimbabwe’s youth has been in the periphery. Statistics coming out, however, show that this has become a major issue demanding urgent attention from authorities and society. Earlier this week, Medicins Sans Frontiers (MSF) mental health nurse...
Moreover, guided by Ungar's moral panic theoretical framework, youths' life worlds are explored by the article to analyse critical perspectives regarding pervasive Zimbabwean youth drug abuse. The article contends that social workers, as custodians of children in conflict with the law and youth ...
In the era of HIV and AIDS, families and households have continued to form, build, migrate a... Hosegood,Victoria - 《Aids Care》 被引量: 117发表: 2009年 Social capital and HIV Competent Communities: The role of community groups in managing HIV/AIDS in rural Zimbabwe Community involvement...
Active Youth Zimbabwe was founded in May 2012 initially as a self-help youth group but later, in 2014, it transformed into a Youth Association under the Ministry of Youth and Zimbabwe Youth Council. It then subsequently registered as a Trust on 1 March 2016 with the mandate of promoting chil...
Eigenvalues and scree plot diagram for the Sinhala version of the Drug Abuse Screening Test Full size image The median age of the participants in the CFA was 38 years (ICR ± 20 years). Among the participants, the majority were male (n = 179;97.8%). Sinhala participants were 82....
Moreover, before recruiting the sample, all the students had made visits to psychological counselors to confirm that they were not involved in any drug abuse. The used kit was obtained from Abon Biopharm Hangzhou Co., Ltd, China. Multi-Drug Rapid Test Cup (Urine) to assay the Amphetamine; ...
Community Working Group on Health executive director Itai Rusike said: “The country as a whole needs to prioritise prevention of drug abuse and tackle the drivers of drug abuse. The root causes of drug abuse in Zimbabwe are lack of jobs and enterprise opportunities, recreation facilities and opp...