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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220517
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220526
DTSTAMP:20260423T133508
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SUMMARY:Outreach meeting for Taskforce\, WHO\, AAFMHACA and Arada and other sub-city’s health and law enforcement officials to ensure prioritization and continued political support
DESCRIPTION:  \nThis workshop was entitled “Outreach meeting for Taskforce\, WHO\, AAFMHACA and Arada\, and other sub-city’s health and law enforcement officials to ensure prioritization and continued political support”. It took place on May 17\, 2022\, at Momona Hotel\, Addis Ababa. The workshop gathered stakeholders of AASFI together and its expected outcome was to create political support and awareness creation on the SF environment. The participants were EFDA\, FMHCA\, AA-Trade and Industry\, Arada FMHCA\, AA Police\, AA Code enforcement\, CTFK representative\, and MCDO. The workshop was organized in two main sessions. Presentations from MCDO and AAFMHACA and the second session were dedicated to stakeholders’ discussion. Ms. Heran (EFDA) and Ms. Tigist (AAFMHACA) reflected on the questions raised by participants and added further points regarding the topics raised.
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/outreach-meeting-for-taskforce-who-aafmhaca-and-arada-and-other-sub-citys-health-and-law-enforcement-officials-to-ensure-prioritization-and-continued-political-support/
LOCATION:Momona Hotel
CATEGORIES:Addis Ababa Tobacco Smoke-free Initiative (AATSFI),Advocacy,Tobacco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220323T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220323T170000
DTSTAMP:20260423T133508
CREATED:20220323T121034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220323T121944Z
UID:4478-1648022400-1648054800@meqoamia.org
SUMMARY:Organizing and conducting training on smoke-free implementing inspection and enforcement strategy – AASFI Launching
DESCRIPTION:This workshop under the activity of organizing and conducting training on smoke-free implementing inspection and enforcement strategy aimed on inaugurating the AASFI launching and scale-up program. It was conducted on March 22\, 2022\, at Capital Hotel and Spa. It was a large gathering that consisted of the already existing Arada and Bole sub cities and other sub-cities. The participants were\, MoH State Minister\, EFDA\, Mayor office representative\, FMHACA\, Arada FMHACA\, AA Police\, AA Code enforcement\, districts office heads\, district FMHACA\, Media\, MWECS and MCDO.
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/organizing-and-conducting-training-on-smoke-free-implementing-inspection-and-enforcement-strategy-aasfi-launching-2/
CATEGORIES:Addiction,Addis Ababa Tobacco Smoke-free Initiative (AATSFI),Advocacy,Tobacco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220322T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220322T170000
DTSTAMP:20260423T133508
CREATED:20220320T194926Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220320T194926Z
UID:4469-1647936000-1647968400@meqoamia.org
SUMMARY:Addis Ababa Tobacco Smoke-free Initiative (AATSFI) Launching and Scale-up    workshop    March \, 22 \,2022
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/addis-ababa-tobacco-smoke-free-initiative-aatsfi-launching-and-scale-up-workshop-march-22-2022-3/
LOCATION:Capital Hotel and Spa  Addis Ababa \, Ethiopia
CATEGORIES:Addis Ababa Tobacco Smoke-free Initiative (AATSFI),Advocacy,Tobacco
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220322
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220323
DTSTAMP:20260423T133508
CREATED:20220323T120631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220323T120631Z
UID:4474-1647907200-1647993599@meqoamia.org
SUMMARY:Organizing and conducting training on smoke-free implementing inspection and enforcement strategy – AASFI Launching
DESCRIPTION:This workshop under the activity of organizing and conducting training on smoke-free implementing inspection and enforcement strategy aimed on inaugurating the AASFI launching and scale-up program. It was conducted on March 22\, 2022\, at Capital Hotel and Spa. It was a large gathering that consisted of the already existing Arada and Bole sub cities and other sub-cities. The participants were\, MoH State Minister\, EFDA\, Mayor office representative\, FMHACA\, Arada FMHACA\, AA Police\, AA Code enforcement\, districts office heads\, district FMHACA\, Media\, MWECS and MCDO\n\n\n \n\n\n\n.
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/organizing-and-conducting-training-on-smoke-free-implementing-inspection-and-enforcement-strategy-aasfi-launching/
CATEGORIES:Addiction,Addis Ababa Tobacco Smoke-free Initiative (AATSFI),Advocacy,Tobacco
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220322
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220323
DTSTAMP:20260423T133508
CREATED:20220320T195322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220320T195322Z
UID:4472-1647907200-1647993599@meqoamia.org
SUMMARY:Addis Ababa Tobacco Smoke-free Initiative (AATSFI) Launching and Scale-up workshop March \, 22 \,2022
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/addis-ababa-tobacco-smoke-free-initiative-aatsfi-launching-and-scale-up-workshop-march-22-2022/
LOCATION:Capital Hotel and Spa  Addis Ababa \, Ethiopia
CATEGORIES:Addiction,Addis Ababa Tobacco Smoke-free Initiative (AATSFI),Advocacy,Tobacco,Upcoming
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220226T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220226T170000
DTSTAMP:20260423T133508
CREATED:20220226T113306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220226T113920Z
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SUMMARY:Advocacy meeting with mayor’s office\, police commission\, code enforcement bureau\, and women and youth bureau to support for strong enforcement of Smoke Free provisions . Venue: Kenenisa Hotel\, Date: February 25\, 2022
DESCRIPTION:The advocacy meeting was held on February 25\, 2022\, at Kenenisa Hotel\, Addis Ababa. The meeting was organized as an advocacy meeting to support strong enforcement of SF provisions and a platform to announce scaling up of AASFI in newly added Arada districts and Kirkos sub city as a whole. The meeting brought wide range of stakeholders\, officials and medias together. The participants were AA-FMHCA\, Arada-FMHACA\, Code-enforcement\, CTFK representative\, District professionals and MCDO. \nThe meeting was organized in two main sections\, presentations and discussion on the presentation and any outstanding issues. Three presentations from AAFMHACA\, Arada-FMHACA and MCDO were presented. The overall activities of AASFI were presented by AAFMHACA\, what has been done in Arada was presented by Arada-FMHACA\, and the status of SF implementation in Arada selected districts were presented by MCDO. In the meantime\, IEC/BCC materials and No smoking sign stickers were handed over to Arada districts via Mr. Siratu\, Arada-FMHACA office head. The second session after health break was dedicated for discussion and way forward\, which involved the participants of the meeting. Night inspection\, scaling up and onboarding as many as possible stakeholders were the main points raised during the discussion. \nMs. Tigist\, AA-FMHACA\, Deputy manager\, Mr. Elias\, MCDO Executive director and Mr. Siratu\, Arada-FMHACA office head led the discussion and responded to questions raised. The main points discussed were: \n\nIncluding the AASFI endeavour as every organization’s daily routine.\nEngaging volunteerism in the activity of AASFI.\nDocumenting the before and after comparison of inspection result with photos.\nConfidentiality and professional integrity of professionals during inspection.\nThe necessity of rehabilitation center after necessary SF implementation steps are taken\nThe need for joint collaboration to execute night inspection.\nThe responsible body to execute punishment and legal procedures\nHow to structure the scaling up plan. Selecting variety of districts from more than one sub city was suggested.\nOn this stage\, engaging more on enforcement than awareness creation.\n\nThe participants reflected on the main ideas and raised other related issues. The meeting was fruitful in engaging newly added districts and strengthening the already existing ones. Closure remark was given by Mr. Elias\, to work together and achieve the scaling up in a better performance.
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/advocacy-meeting-with-mayors-office-police-commission-code-enforcement-bureau-and-women-and-youth-bureau-to-support-for-strong-enforcement-of-smoke-free-provisions-venue-kenenisa-hotel/
CATEGORIES:Addiction,Advocacy,Tobacco
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210701
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210702
DTSTAMP:20260423T133508
CREATED:20211201T161238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211201T162231Z
UID:4389-1625097600-1625183999@meqoamia.org
SUMMARY:Distribution of Behavioural Change Communication brochures and No Smoking stickers to service providers at Arada Sub City\, Addis Ababa
DESCRIPTION:Distribution of Behavioural Change Communication brochures and No Smoking stickers to service providers at Arada Sub City\, Addis Ababa.
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/distribution-of-behavioural-change-communication-brochures-and-no-smoking-stickers-to-service-providers-at-arada-sub-city-addis-ababa/
CATEGORIES:Advocacy,Tobacco
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191231
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200101
DTSTAMP:20260423T133508
CREATED:20211201T154701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211201T155255Z
UID:4378-1577750400-1577836799@meqoamia.org
SUMMARY:University Based Anti Addiction Community Movement /UBAACM/ - No tobacco day May 31\,2019
DESCRIPTION:University Based Anti Addiction Community Movement /UBAACM/ \n“ዩኒርስቲዎችን መሰረት ያደረገ የፀረ አደገኛ እፆች ማህበረሰብ አቀፍ ንቅናቄ ”\nNo tobacco day May 31\,2019\nአለም አቀፍ የትንባሆ የማይጨስበት ቀን ምክንያት በማድረግ በአዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርሲቲ የተዘጋጀ መድረክ። \nምስጋና \nይሄ ትውልድ በአገሩ ኢትዮጵያ በመጭው ትውልድ የሚታወስበትን አሻራ አስቀመጠ!! ሃውልት አቆመ! \nየምግብ መድሃኔት ቁጥጥርና አስተዳደር አዋጅ ቁጥር 1112 መውጣት ከጠቅላላ ህዝባችን 71% ከ30 አመት በታች 41% ደግሞ ከ15አመት በታች በሆነባት አገር በአንድም በሌላ መንገድም ባለ አዲስ ነገሮችን ለማወቅ በሚነሳሳ የታዳጊ ወጣቶች ፍላጎት በቢራ ማስታወቂያዎች ገደብ ያጣ ሳቢና አጓጊ ማራኪ ማስታወቂያዎች ተነሳስተው ምን ያህሎች መጠጣት እንደ ጀመሩና እንደሚጀምሩ በየአካባቢያችን ያለውን ጫና መገመት አይከብደንም። \nስለሆነም የትንባሆ አጠቃቀምም ገደብና ቁጥጥር ባለመኖሩ ምክንያት የብዙሃኑ መብት ከመጣስ ባለፋ የሁለተኛ ደረጃ የትንባሆ ጢስ ተጠቂ ብዙዎቻችን ሁነን ቆይተናል።\nበመሆኑም በትንባሆ ተጠቃሚዎች ተጠቃሚነት መብታችን ተጥሶ የነበረው የሁለተኛ ደረጃ ተጠቂዎች መብታችንን የሚያስከብረው አዋጅ 1112 ድንጋጌ መውጣት እንደ መቋሚያ የማህበረሰብ ልማት ድርጅት ደስታችን ላቅ ያለ ነው። \nስለዚህ ይህ ትውልድ የሰራው የጀግንነት ተግባር ነው ብለን እናምናለን።\nበዋናነት ትንባሆ የሚጎዳው በጭሱ የተጠቁትን ሁሉ ዋና የሰውነት ክፍል የሆነውን አንጎላችንን ጭምር መሆኑ ግልፅ ሆኖ ሊሰመርበት ይገባል።\nይህ አዋጅ (አዋጅ ቁጥር )1112 እንዲወጣ ጥረት ላደረጉ ፣ለተጉ ሰለቸኝ ደከመኝ ሳይሉ መንግስትን የወተወቱ ፤ እውቀታቸውን ላበረከቱ ፣ ገንበባቸብን ፣ ጉልበታቸውን ፣ ጊዜቸውን ላበረከቱ ሁሉ የዚህ ዘመን ታሪክ ሰሪዎች ጀግኖች ፤ የሚመለከታቸው መንግስታዊና መንግስታዊ ያልሆኑ አካላት ሁሉ እንዲሁም ግለሰቦች ሊመሰገኑ ይገባል። \nበፎቶው ከሚታዩት በስተጀርባ ብዙ ታሪክ ሰሪዎች አሉ። \nለምሳሌ መቋሚያን ወክሎ ከቆመው ኤልያስ በስተጀርባ በምንም መለኪያ ወደር የማይገኝለት ብዙ ዋጋ የከፈሉ ወጣቶች የመቋሚያ ልጆች እንዳሉ ሁሉ ማለት ነው። ሁሉንም የተወከሉ አካላትን መነሻ አድርገን ከልብ የመነጨ የትውልድ ምስጋና ልናቀርብ እንወዳለን።\nእናመሰግናለን!!!! \nእናንተ ትውልዱን ወክላችሁ ታሪክ የሰራችሁ ጀግኖች ናችሁ!!!\nከዚህ ቡሃላም ሃይላችሁ ታድሶ አንድነታችሁ ጠኖክሮ በቅድመ ሚከላከል ስራው ላይ አመርቂ ነገር ትሰራላችሁ ብለን እጠብቃለን። \nከፍተኛ ምስጋና ለአዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርስቲ ማናጅመንት እና ለአንቲ ድራግና አልኮል ክለብ ። \nኢትዮጵያን እግዚአብሄር ይባርክ\nሃገር ማለት ሰው ነው። ሰውን የሚጠብቅ ህግ ሁሉ መላውን ተፈጥሮ የሚጠብቅ ህግ ነው። \nበአዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርስቲ የአለም አቀፍ “ትንባሆ የማይጨስበት ቀን” የግንቦት 24/2011 ዓ.ም በፕሮግራሙ ማጠናቀቂያ የማስታወሻ ፎቶ \n 
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/university-based-anti-addiction-community-movement-ubaacm-no-tobacco-day-may-312019/
CATEGORIES:Addiction,Advocacy,Tobacco,University Based Anti Addiction Community Movement
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190419
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190426
DTSTAMP:20260423T133508
CREATED:20260417T101548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T101548Z
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SUMMARY:TRAINING OF TRAINERS FOR ETHIOPIA ON THE UNIVERSAL CURRICULUM FOR PREVENTION/TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
DESCRIPTION:Addiction is a disease! \nJust as an individual can fall ill\, so too can a community. When an individual is physically sick\, their body is affected. Similarly\, when a community is sick\, its social fabric is disrupted. And when that happens\, the nation itself becomes ill. \nStudies suggest that an individual’s psychological\, physical\, and spiritual pain can transform into social\, economic\, and political suffering. For this reason\, social scientists rank addiction among the most serious afflictions capable of causing severe harm. \nAddiction takes control of the sufferer’s brain and distorts its natural functioning. The individual falls under the sway of a distorted mental system\, driven by an overwhelming and uncontrollable craving – they become enslaved. When a person who uses drugs or alcohol crosses the line from use to addiction\, the damage escalates. Beyond the harm to their internal organs and mental health\, their social and economic life collapses. This inflicts a severe blow on the family\, the foundation of the nation. The cumulative effect destabilizes the country. Yet\, despite its gravity\, this disease has long been neglected\, without the attention it deserves. \nThis disease is not only an enemy to the peace of individuals and families; studies also indicate that it can undermine national peace\, cripple the economy\, and lead to political instability. \nAddiction is preventable and treatable! \nTherefore\, treating this disease like any other – through medical care\, rehabilitation\, prevention\, and the enactment and enforcement of protective laws – can lay a foundation to save the nation from severe harm and propel the younger generation toward greater development. \nTo date\, the scale\, depth\, and spread of the problem\, and the immense damage it has caused\, remain astronomically far from our efforts to overcome and control it – a gap as vast as heaven and earth. \nIt is known that for the past ten years\, Meqoamia Community Development Organization (MCDO) has been working to address the severe shortage of professionals in this field and to elevate national efforts to a higher level\, both domestically and continentally. We are grateful for the government’s initial attention to this issue. However\, we urge that this attention be strengthened\, in the name of children suffering because a parent or guardian is lost to addiction\, and in the name of mothers and guardians who have lost their children to this disease. A nation is its people! \nTo work more effectively and in a more coordinated manner than ever before\, MCDO – in partnership with the Ministry of Health and the Colombo Plan’s Drug Advisory Programme (DAP)\, which has 70 years of international recognition and works with the African Union\, the US\, the EU\, the UN\, and others – has been learning from the experiences of other countries and attending training programs abroad. MCDO has organized itself with up-to-date knowledge and\, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health\, has provided internationally recognized training to help save our continent\, Africa\, from the drug problem. \nIn this context\, MCDO staff members\, including Mr. Elias Kalayu (Executive Director) and Ms. Sara Deguma\, together with Ministry of Health representatives (including Dr. Tedla W/giworgis)\, regional health bureau disease prevention directorate officers\, and other professionals – a total of 31 trainees – participated in the ” Training of Trainers (TOT) for Ethiopia on the Universal Curriculum for Prevention/Treatment of Substance Use Disorders (UPC 1\, UTC 1)” from March 19-25\, 2019. This training was delivered for the first time in Ethiopia. \nMCDO played a commendable role as organizer and coordinator\, contributing to a highly successful training period. Five MCDO staff members were trained as trainers of trainers and received certificates of recognition. \nWe believe this training will greatly benefit our nation. By effectively training professionals in the still-nascent fields of prevention and rehabilitation\, it will strengthen ongoing efforts across all regions and levels. It will foster hopeful\, impactful action toward a solution. Equally\, we believe this creates a valuable opportunity – a supportive army of trainers within the health sector – to ensure addiction receives greater attention. \nAddiction is preventable and treatable! \nOur nation has no greater resource than the minds and hearts of its citizens. \nTherefore\, we wish to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Colombo Plan DAP for this remarkable and transformative training. \nThank you very much\, #MoH and #Colombo Plan DAP (US\, INL).
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/training-of-trainers-for-ethiopia-on-the-universal-curriculum-for-prevention-treatment-of-substance-use-disorders/
LOCATION:Cherchil Hotel\, Addis Ababa\, Bole\, Ethiopia
CATEGORIES:Addiction,Addiction Recovery,Advocacy,Dire Dawa Tobacco Smoke free Initiative.,Drug Demand Reduction,Drug Prevention,University Based Anti Addiction Community Movement
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