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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220712T080000
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SUMMARY:Capacity building training on smoke-free implementation\, inspection\, and enforcement
DESCRIPTION:Venue: Harmony Hotel\, Date: July 7\, 2022 \nThis workshop was entitled “Capacity building training on smoke-free implementation\, inspection\, and enforcement”. The capacity-building was conducted aiming to equip professionals from Arad and Kirkos sub-cities. The capacity-building helped Arada SC to share its experience with Kirkos professionals. The expected outcome was to capacitate professionals in integrity and professional ethics. MCDO facilitated the workshop and EFDA\, AAFMAHCA\, Arada and Kirkos professionals were participants. \nThe workshop was organized into two main sessions. The first session started with introductions and presentations from MCDO and AAFMHACA. The introduction by MCDO was followed by presentations on Pre-inspection\, Inspection\, and Post Inspection by Mr Ashenafi\, the AASFI contact person. \nThe second session was dedicated to discussions on cases. Arada SC professionals raised different cases that need attention and helped as an experience sharing for the newly added Kirkos SC professionals. The participants reflected on the cases raised and discussed related issues like professionals’ integrity and professionals’ safety. The workshop was productive since it was able to capacitate the professionals and shared experiences with the Kirkos professionals. The capacity-building workshop was finalized by taking a group photo and having lunch together.
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/capacity-building-training-on-smoke-free-implementation-inspection-and-enforcement-2/
LOCATION:Harmony Hotel\, Addis Ababa.
CATEGORIES:Addiction,Addis Ababa Tobacco Smoke-free Initiative (AATSFI),Advocacy,Tobacco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220707T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220712T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T133039
CREATED:20220712T151421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220712T151421Z
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SUMMARY:Capacity building training on smoke-free implementation\, inspection\, and enforcement
DESCRIPTION:Venue: Harmony Hotel\, Date: July 7\, 2022 \nThis workshop was entitled “Capacity building training on smoke-free implementation\, inspection\, and enforcement”. The capacity-building was conducted aiming to equip professionals from Arad and Kirkos sub-cities. The capacity-building helped Arada SC to share its experience with Kirkos professionals. The expected outcome was to capacitate professionals in integrity and professional ethics. MCDO facilitated the workshop and EFDA\, AAFMAHCA\, Arada and Kirkos professionals were participants. \nThe workshop was organized into two main sessions. The first session started with introductions and presentations from MCDO and AAFMHACA. The introduction by MCDO was followed by presentations on Pre-inspection\, Inspection\, and Post Inspection by Mr Ashenafi\, the AASFI contact person. \nThe second session was dedicated to discussions on cases. Arada SC professionals raised different cases that need attention and helped as an experience sharing for the newly added Kirkos SC professionals. The participants reflected on the cases raised and discussed related issues like professionals’ integrity and professionals’ safety. The workshop was productive since it was able to capacitate the professionals and shared experiences with the Kirkos professionals. The capacity-building workshop was finalized by taking a group photo and having lunch together.
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/capacity-building-training-on-smoke-free-implementation-inspection-and-enforcement-3/
LOCATION:Harmony Hotel\, Addis Ababa.
CATEGORIES:Addis Ababa Tobacco Smoke-free Initiative (AATSFI),Advocacy,Tobacco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220707T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220712T170000
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CREATED:20220712T123402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220712T123402Z
UID:4540-1657180800-1657645200@meqoamia.org
SUMMARY:Capacity building training on smoke-free implementation\, inspection\, and enforcement
DESCRIPTION:This workshop was entitled “Capacity building training on smoke-free implementation\, inspection\, and enforcement”. The capacity-building was conducted aiming to equip professionals from Arad and Kirkos sub-cities. The capacity-building helped Arada SC to share its experience with Kirkos professionals. The expected outcome was to capacitate professionals in integrity and professional ethics. MCDO facilitated the workshop and EFDA\, AAFMAHCA\, Arada and Kirkos professionals were participants. \nThe workshop was organized into two main sessions. The first session started with introductions and presentations from MCDO and AAFMHACA. The introduction by MCDO was followed by presentations on Pre-inspection\, Inspection\, and Post Inspection by Mr Ashenafi\, the AASFI contact person. \nThe second session was dedicated to discussions on cases. Arada SC professionals raised different cases that need attention and helped as an experience sharing for the newly added Kirkos SC professionals. The participants reflected on the cases raised and discussed related issues like professionals’ integrity and professionals’ safety. The workshop was productive since it was able to capacitate the professionals and shared experiences with the Kirkos professionals. The capacity-building workshop was finalized by taking a group photo and having lunch together.
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/capacity-building-training-on-smoke-free-implementation-inspection-and-enforcement/
LOCATION:Harmony Hotel\, Addis Ababa.
CATEGORIES:Addis Ababa Tobacco Smoke-free Initiative (AATSFI),Advocacy,Tobacco
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220603T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220603T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T133039
CREATED:20220603T145242Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220603T145604Z
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SUMMARY:World No Tobacco Day May 31\,2022
DESCRIPTION:This is WHO initiated annual event which take place every year on May 31\, 2022. The event is named “World No Tobacco Day”. This year WNTD 2022 is entitle “Tobacco: Threat to our environment”. It took place in Inter luxury Hotel\, Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia.  It was organized in the context of an event comprising keynote speeches\, seminaries and discussion\, aiming to create awareness and act up on tobacco’s threat to our environment. The event gathered wide range of stakeholders in AASFI and others together and its expected outcome was to create awareness and advocate for legal frame to protect the environment from tobacco threat. The participants were EFDA\, FMHCA\, WHO representative\, MCDO\, MWECS\, HDAMA\, and different medias. The workshop was organized into three main sessions. Keynote speeches\, paper seminaries on different themes\, and participant discussion. The main points raised during the paper seminaries and discussion were broadly categorized as follows: \n\nTobacco lifecycle and its threat to environment: the lifecycle includes cultivation\, production\, distribution\, consumption\, and post-consumption wastes.\nTobacco use and its effects on health\, social and economy\nStrengthen policy actions to prevent tobacco-induced environmental harms.\n\nThe participants reflected on the idea of legal frame work to that aim at controlling the in and out activities of tobacco industries\, tobacco waste management and others. The event was productive since it involved different stakeholders and broadcast its main them through different media outlets. Final remarks were given by EFDA deputy manager general. \n 
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/world-no-tobacco-day-may-312022/
LOCATION:Inter luxury Hotel\, Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia.
CATEGORIES:Addiction,Addis Ababa Tobacco Smoke-free Initiative (AATSFI),Advocacy,Tobacco
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220527
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220528
DTSTAMP:20260430T133039
CREATED:20220602T090754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220602T092333Z
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SUMMARY:Equipping and giving training for law enforcement\, police\, and justice office on the SF proclamation
DESCRIPTION:This workshop was entitled “Equipping and giving training for law enforcement\, police\, and justice office on the SF proclamation”. It took place on May 27\, 2022\, at Harmony Hotel\, Addis Ababa. It was organized in the context of a meeting aiming to ensure professional integrity and ethic in law enforcement actions. The participants were from a wide range of stakeholders\, EFDA\, FMHCA\, Arada and Kirkos FMHCA\, AA Police\, AA Code enforcement\, AA Justice office\, and MCDO. It was conducted in two main sessions\, presentations and stakeholders’ discussion.
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/equipping-and-giving-training-for-law-enforcement-police-and-justice-office-on-the-sf-proclamation-2/
LOCATION:Harmony Hotel\, Addis Ababa.
CATEGORIES:Addis Ababa Tobacco Smoke-free Initiative (AATSFI),Advocacy,Tobacco
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220527
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220528
DTSTAMP:20260430T133039
CREATED:20220602T090326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220602T092030Z
UID:4525-1653609600-1653695999@meqoamia.org
SUMMARY:Equipping and giving training for law enforcement\, police\, and justice office on the SF proclamation
DESCRIPTION:This workshop was entitled “Equipping and giving training for law enforcement\, police\, and justice office on the SF proclamation”. It took place on May 27\, 2022\, at Harmony Hotel\, Addis Ababa. It was organized in the context of a meeting aiming to ensure professional integrity and ethic in law enforcement actions. The participants were from a wide range of stakeholders\, EFDA\, FMHCA\, Arada and Kirkos FMHCA\, AA Police\, AA Code enforcement\, AA Justice office\, and MCDO. It was conducted in two main sessions\, presentations and stakeholders’ discussion.
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/equipping-and-giving-training-for-law-enforcement-police-and-justice-office-on-the-sf-proclamation/
LOCATION:Harmony Hotel\, Addis Ababa.
CATEGORIES:Addis Ababa Tobacco Smoke-free Initiative (AATSFI),Advocacy,Tobacco
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220517
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220526
DTSTAMP:20260430T133039
CREATED:20220525T093646Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220602T081833Z
UID:4512-1652745600-1653523199@meqoamia.org
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;VALUE=DATE:20220408
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220409
DTSTAMP:20260430T133039
CREATED:20220408T153456Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220408T153456Z
UID:4506-1649376000-1649462399@meqoamia.org
SUMMARY:We are blessed      ' MCDO's Grateful Day!  '
DESCRIPTION:[Forwarded from Meqoamia]\n#የመቋሚያ_የማህበረሰብ_ልማት_ድርጅት_የምስጋና_ቀን! \nመጋቤት 30/2014 ዓ.ም \nእነሆ ዛሬ #የምስጋና ቀናችን ነው! \n#ለምስጋና #ደስ እያለን ፤ #ስለተደረገልን ነገሮች ፣ #በእኛ በኩል ለማህበረሰባችን ስለተከናወኑት ክንውኖች እና ምርጥ ስኬቶቻችን ለማሰብ…. እንዲሁም\n#በማስተዋል ለሚገባው ሁሉ- እውቅና ለመስጠት ፤ በምስጋና መንፈስ በመሆን ለመሰባሰብ….. ፍቃደኛም ስለሆንን – እናንተን እና እድሉን የሰጠን አምላክ ክብርና ምስጋና ይድረስው እላለሁ!!! \nየመጭው ዘመን ግማሽ ድል፥ ያለፈውን ዘመን ጉዞ በምስጋና ዘግቶ ፥ ከበረው ልምድም ተምሮ ፣ የጎደለውን ነገር ለመሙላት ተዘጋጅቶ … የመጭውን ዘመን በእምነትና ተስፋ ፥ በድል መንፈስ (ፈጣሪን በመፍራት መንፈስ) የመሞላትና በራዕይ ሃይልና ጉልበት ፥ አጥርቶ በማየት ጉዞ መጀመር መቻል ነው! \nየድል ጉዞ ሌላኛው አምድ:- የግለሰቦች አመስጋኝ መሆን መቻል ፥ ይመስለኛል ። ለራሳቸው ከሚኖራቸው ክብርና ለእውነት የሚኖራቸው ወገንተኝነት ፣ የአላማ ታማኝነት እንዲሁም በተሰማሩበት ሃላፊነትና የሙያ ዘርፍ በብቃትና በጥራት ስራን የማከናወን አቅም ፤ በቡድን ስራ ውስጥ ለሚኖር ስኬት ሚናው ትልቅ መሆኑን ተምሬለሁ! \nሌላኛው የቡድን መንፈስ ጥንካሬ እና ጉልበት ትሁታን የቡድን አባላት መኖራቸው መሆኑንም ሌላኛው ትምህርቴ ነው። \nትሁታን ደግሞ አሪፍ አመስጋኝ ናቸው። \nበተጨማሪም \nየቡድን ስራ ስኬታማነት ፦ \nራዕይ ፣ አላማ እና ግብን በግልፅ መረዳት መቻል ፥ ከላይ ከገለፅነው ስብዕና ጋር ሲደመር ለፈጠራ ስራ እንዲሁም አንድኛችን ሌላኛችንን በመደገፍና በመረዳዳት ( መቋሚያ በመሆን ) ለጋራ ውጤታችን እንድንሰራ የሚያደርገ መንገድ ነው። \nበዚህ ሁሉ ሰው በእውነተኛ ጉዞ ውስጥ ምስጋናን የሚያቀርብበት የህይወት ስርአት አለው ማለት ፥ ይሄ ሰው የተሳካለት ነው! ለማለት እወዳለሁ! \nመቋሚያም በእውነት የማህበረሰቡ ድጋፍ ለመሆን የሚያስችላትን ጉልበት ለማግኘት በአመስጋኝነት መንፈስ ውስጥ መሆኖን ወድጀዋለሁ! \nምስጋና \n#ለፈጣሪ\n#ለማህበረሰባችን\n#ለመንግስታችን\n#አብራችሁን ለመስራት ፍቃደኛ ለሆናችሁ የመንግስት ከፍተኛ ባለስልጣናት ፤ የተከበረው የፖርላማ አባላት እና ሚኒስተሮች\n#ሚዲያዎችና_ጋዜጠኞች\n#አብረውን_ለሚሰሩ የአገር ውስጥ እና የውጭ አጋሮቻችን\n#ለትልቁ የመቋሚያ ቤተሰብ\n#ለቦርድ አባሎቻችን\n#ለእያንዳንዱ ሰራተኞቻችን\n#በአለፋት አመታት በመቋሚያ ውስጥ አገልግሎት ለሰጣችሁ\n#በመቋሚያ የሱስ ማገገሚያ ማዕከል ውስጥ ላለፋችሁ ሁሉ\n#በተለያየ መንገድ ስታግዙን ለቆያችሁ የመቋሚያ ወዳጆች\n#ወዘተ…. \nከእናንተ ጋር አብሮ መስራት መታደል ነው! \nበመቋሚያ የማህበረሰብ ልማት ድርጅት ስም አክብሮትና ምስጋናየ ይድረሳችሁ! \nኤልያስ
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/we-are-blessed-mcdos-grateful-day/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220408
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220409
DTSTAMP:20260430T133039
CREATED:20220408T153033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220408T153701Z
UID:4504-1649376000-1649462399@meqoamia.org
SUMMARY:MCDO's Grateful Day !
DESCRIPTION:[Forwarded from Meqoamia]\n#የመቋሚያ_የማህበረሰብ_ልማት_ድርጅት_የምስጋና_ቀን! \n‘ We are Grateful ‘ \nመጋቤት 30/2014 ዓ.ም \nእነሆ ዛሬ #የምስጋና ቀናችን ነው! \n#ለምስጋና #ደስ እያለን ፤ #ስለተደረገልን ነገሮች ፣ #በእኛ በኩል ለማህበረሰባችን ስለተከናወኑት ክንውኖች እና ምርጥ ስኬቶቻችን ለማሰብ…. እንዲሁም\n#በማስተዋል ለሚገባው ሁሉ- እውቅና ለመስጠት ፤ በምስጋና መንፈስ በመሆን ለመሰባሰብ….. ፍቃደኛም ስለሆንን – እናንተን እና እድሉን የሰጠን አምላክ ክብርና ምስጋና ይድረስው እላለሁ!!! \nየመጭው ዘመን ግማሽ ድል፥ ያለፈውን ዘመን ጉዞ በምስጋና ዘግቶ ፥ ከበረው ልምድም ተምሮ ፣ የጎደለውን ነገር ለመሙላት ተዘጋጅቶ … የመጭውን ዘመን በእምነትና ተስፋ ፥ በድል መንፈስ (ፈጣሪን በመፍራት መንፈስ) የመሞላትና በራዕይ ሃይልና ጉልበት ፥ አጥርቶ በማየት ጉዞ መጀመር መቻል ነው! \nየድል ጉዞ ሌላኛው አምድ:- የግለሰቦች አመስጋኝ መሆን መቻል ፥ ይመስለኛል ። ለራሳቸው ከሚኖራቸው ክብርና ለእውነት የሚኖራቸው ወገንተኝነት ፣ የአላማ ታማኝነት እንዲሁም በተሰማሩበት ሃላፊነትና የሙያ ዘርፍ በብቃትና በጥራት ስራን የማከናወን አቅም ፤ በቡድን ስራ ውስጥ ለሚኖር ስኬት ሚናው ትልቅ መሆኑን ተምሬለሁ! \nሌላኛው የቡድን መንፈስ ጥንካሬ እና ጉልበት ትሁታን የቡድን አባላት መኖራቸው መሆኑንም ሌላኛው ትምህርቴ ነው። \nትሁታን ደግሞ አሪፍ አመስጋኝ ናቸው። \nበተጨማሪም \nየቡድን ስራ ስኬታማነት ፦ \nራዕይ ፣ አላማ እና ግብን በግልፅ መረዳት መቻል ፥ ከላይ ከገለፅነው ስብዕና ጋር ሲደመር ለፈጠራ ስራ እንዲሁም አንድኛችን ሌላኛችንን በመደገፍና በመረዳዳት ( መቋሚያ በመሆን ) ለጋራ ውጤታችን እንድንሰራ የሚያደርገ መንገድ ነው። \nበዚህ ሁሉ ሰው በእውነተኛ ጉዞ ውስጥ ምስጋናን የሚያቀርብበት የህይወት ስርአት አለው ማለት ፥ ይሄ ሰው የተሳካለት ነው! ለማለት እወዳለሁ! \nመቋሚያም በእውነት የማህበረሰቡ ድጋፍ ለመሆን የሚያስችላትን ጉልበት ለማግኘት በአመስጋኝነት መንፈስ ውስጥ መሆኖን ወድጀዋለሁ! \nምስጋና \n#ለፈጣሪ\n#ለማህበረሰባችን\n#ለመንግስታችን\n#አብራችሁን ለመስራት ፍቃደኛ ለሆናችሁ የመንግስት ከፍተኛ ባለስልጣናት ፤ የተከበረው የፖርላማ አባላት እና ሚኒስተሮች\n#ሚዲያዎችና_ጋዜጠኞች\n#አብረውን_ለሚሰሩ የአገር ውስጥ እና የውጭ አጋሮቻችን\n#ለትልቁ የመቋሚያ ቤተሰብ\n#ለቦርድ አባሎቻችን\n#ለእያንዳንዱ ሰራተኞቻችን\n#በአለፋት አመታት በመቋሚያ ውስጥ አገልግሎት ለሰጣችሁ\n#በመቋሚያ የሱስ ማገገሚያ ማዕከል ውስጥ ላለፋችሁ ሁሉ\n#በተለያየ መንገድ ስታግዙን ለቆያችሁ የመቋሚያ ወዳጆች\n#ወዘተ…. \nከእናንተ ጋር አብሮ መስራት መታደል ነው! \nበመቋሚያ የማህበረሰብ ልማት ድርጅት ስም አክብሮትና ምስጋናየ ይድረሳችሁ! \nኤልያስ
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/we-are-grateful-to-day-mcdo-grateful-day/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220323T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220323T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T133039
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220322T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220322T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T133039
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:20260430T133039
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:20260430T133039
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:20260430T133039
CREATED:20220226T113306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220226T113920Z
UID:4444-1645862400-1645894800@meqoamia.org
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:20211126
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211127
DTSTAMP:20260430T133039
CREATED:20211201T135147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211201T135321Z
UID:4315-1637884800-1637971199@meqoamia.org
SUMMARY:Workshop on smoke-free implementing inspection and enforcement strategy organized by EFDA and AAFMHACA with MCDO
DESCRIPTION:Meqoamia Community Development Organization (MCDO) requested the coordination of a smoke-free workshop for a group government official\, Police\, law enforcements and health professionals from Mayor office\, EFDA\, AAFMHACA\, Arada FMHACA\, Police\, Law enforcement and Ahadu TV\, on November 26\, 2021\, at Kenenisa Hotel. The workshop was organized by AAFMHACA with MCDO. This workshop was a follow-up activity from previous smoke-free workshop on implementing inspection and enforcement strategy in Arada sub city. \nThis is a second-round workshop that was organized aiming to ensure enforcement and compliance as expected outcome. The stakeholders gathered were responsible for the execution of enforcement ensuring compliances on all levels. For this\, a thoroughly discussion was made among stakeholders. Ms. Heran Gerba\, Director General of FDA\, and Ms. Tigist Bedada\, AAFMHACA Deputy Manager\, led the discussion and gave closure with way forward. The workshop was organized into three main sessions. First\, introductions and presentation from MCDO representatives regarding the full package of AASFI. Then\, was followed by Presentation from AAFMHACA and Arada FMHCA about AASFI progress and Inspection outcomes. \nThe workshop also intended to activate the participants to engage themselves in effective law enforcement strategy and commitment towards the execution of the 112/2019 proclamation. The participants were asked to focus on the execution of the proclamation starting from their own and commit themselves in professional integrity. The main points discussed were: \n\nResuming university based anti-addiction work\nAwareness creation for professionals\, especially around health centres\nThe case for cigarette products with no graphic warning\nThe emphasis on recovery centre\nPlacing political direction for AASFI by government officials\nCommitment of all organizations to make their own work environment smoke-free\n\nFurthermore\, strengthening the enforcement and compliance towards the 1112/2019 proclamation was emphasized. The participants reflected on the main ideas and other related issues.             \nKenenisa Hotel\, Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia. \nNovember 26\, 2021 \n                      
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/workshop-on-smoke-free-implementing-inspection-and-enforcement-strategy-organized-by-efda-aafmhaca-with-mcdo/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211117
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211118
DTSTAMP:20260430T133039
CREATED:20211119T133440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211119T133620Z
UID:3258-1637107200-1637193599@meqoamia.org
SUMMARY:Advocacy workshop and Sensitization On Smoke-free implementation
DESCRIPTION:Advocacy workshop and Sensitization Workshop on Smoke-free implementation in bars\, restaurants\, lounges for officials of Addis Ababa City Administration. \n 
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/advocacy-workshop-and-sensitization-on-smoke-free-implementation/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210805T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210805T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T133039
CREATED:20211119T123258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211119T123517Z
UID:3205-1628150400-1628182800@meqoamia.org
SUMMARY:Experience Sharing for Ethiopian Civil Society
DESCRIPTION:S𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙖: 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣\, 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩\, 𝙧𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙 19 at CCRDA Addis Ababa by Meqoamia Community Development Organization \nThanks too
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/experience-sharing-for-ethiopian-civil-society/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210729T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210729T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T133039
CREATED:20211119T123824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211119T123824Z
UID:3211-1627545600-1627578000@meqoamia.org
SUMMARY:ADVOCACY MEETING AND SENSITIZATION WORKSHOP
DESCRIPTION:For 💯%🚭 Smoke – free Bar and restaurant\, Night clubs\, lounges in Arada sub-city. \nAt Friendship international hotel \nThanks to AA_Mayor’s Office\, AAFMHACA\, AAHB\, AA_Police_Commission\,\nAA_Peace_and_security \, AAC&T \, AA_BOLSA \, MCDO’s staff and CFTK
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/advocacy-meeting-and-sensitization-workshop/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210720
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210721
DTSTAMP:20260430T133039
CREATED:20211119T124214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211119T132007Z
UID:3214-1626739200-1626825599@meqoamia.org
SUMMARY:Joint Inspection & Site Vist at 3 woredas of Arada Sub-City
DESCRIPTION:የምክትል ከንቲባ ጽ/ቤት ሀላፊ፣የፍትህ አካላት፣ የባለስልጣኑ የበላይ አመራሮች እና አጋር አካላት በትናንትናው እለት በአራዳ ክፍለ ከተማ ትንባሆና አደንዛዥ እጽ ላይ የተሰሩ ስራዎችንና የመጡ ለውጦችን በአካል ወርደው አረጋገጡ፡፡ \n************************ \nአዲስ አበባን ከትንባሆ ጭስ ነጻ ለማድረግ የተሰሩ ስራዎችንና የመጡ ለውጦቸን ከከንቲባ፣ ከፌደራል ምግብ መዳህኒት፣ከፍትህ አካላት፣የባለስልጣኑ የበላይ አመራሮችና አጋር አካላት በአራዳ ክፍለ ከተማ የሚገኙ የጤናና የምግብ አገልግሎት ሰጭ ተቋማትን በትንንትናው እለት ማለትም ሀምሌ 12/2013 ዓ.ም በአካል ወርደው ያለውን ነባራዊ ሁኔታ ገመገሙ፡፡ \nከታዩት ተቋማት ውስጥ ጥቂቶቹ ዘርፉን ከሚመሩት ባለሙያዎች ተከታታይ የሆነ ግንዛቤ፣ክትትልና ድጋፍ ስለተደረገልን የትንባሆን የጤና ጎጅነትና አስከፊነት ግልጽ ግንዛቤ ይዘን ተቋማችን ከሲጋራ ጭስ ነጻ ማድረግ ችለናል ሁኖም ግን ለመከላከል ስንጀምር ደንበኞች ቢያስቸግሩንም እየቆየን በማግባባትና ግንዛቤ በመፍጠር ያለውን የጤና ጉዳት በማስረዳት ከ10 ሜትር አልፈን ግቢያችን ነጻ ለማድረግ ችለናል፣ከዚህ በተጨማሪ ለስራችን እንዲያግዘን ለፖሊስና ለፍትህ አካላት ግንዛቤው በስፋት ቢሰጥ እና ተግባራዊ በማያደርጉት ላይ የማያዳግም እርጃ ቢወሰድ ለውጡን ለማስቀጠል እንበረታለን ሲሉ የቀስተ ደመና ሆቴል ሰራተኛና ተወካይ የሆኑት አቶ ሞላልኝ አየነው ገልጸዋል፡፡ \nበተጨማሪም የኤልቤት ሆቴል ዋና ስራ አስኪያጅ የሆኑት አቶ አያሌው ዘለቀ ይህ ቦታ የሀሺሽ፣የሺሻ፣የሲጋራ የጫትና የአልኮል መጠቀሚያ የትውልድ መግደያ ቤት ነበር አሁን ግን ከዘርፉ ባገኘነው ስልጠና ት/ትና ግንዛቤ ወስደን ሲጋራና ትንባሆ ምንም ጥቅም የሌለው ከአጫሹ ይልቅ ተቀማጩን የሚጎዳ ለጤናችንም ለስራችንም አጸያፊ መሆኑን ተገንዝበን ጥቅማችን ትተን የሺሻ መደበቂያ የነበረውን ፑል አቁመን ግቢያችን ውስጥ ምንም አይነት ትንባሆና አደንዛዥ እጽ እንዳይጠቀሙ የሚያስጠነቅቅ ባነር በመለጠፍ ተቋማችን ሙሉ ለሙሉ ከሲጋራ ጭስ ነጻ ማድረግ ችለናል።\nእንደዚህ በማድረጋችን እጅግ ደስተኞች ነን በማለት አስተያየታቸውን ጭምር ገልጸዋል፡፡ \nየምክትል ከንቲባ ጽ/ቤት ሀላፊና የመንግስት አገልግሎት አሰጣጥ አስተባባሪ የሆኑት አቶ ፓውሎስ ኩሳ አዋጁን ተግባራዊ ለማድረግ በከተማ ደረጃ እየተሰራ ያለው የስራ ጅምርና ጥረት በጣም ሊበረታታ የሚገባ የዜጎችን ጤና ለመጠበቅ የሚያስችል ጥረት እንደሆነ ገልጸው ባየናቸው ተቋማት በሚሰጡት መልስ ግንዛቤ እንዳላቸው ላማረጋገጥ ችያለሁ ከታዩት ውስጥም ሲጋራ ሲጨስ አላየንም ይህም አንዱ ለውጥ ነው በማለት ባዩት ጅምር ስራ ደስታቸውን ገልጸው ይህ ጥረት እንዳይቆምና ቀጣይነት ኑሮት ሲጋራን ተጸያፊ ትውልድል ለመፍጠር ኅብረተሰቡ፣የፍትህ አካላት እና ተቆጣጣሪ አካሉ በቅንጅት መስራት አለባቸው ስራው በምሽትም ተጠናክሮ መቀጠልና ለውጡን በየጊዜው እየገመገሙ መሄድ ይገባል በማለት ሀሳባቸውን ገልጸዋል፡፡ \nየባለስልጣኑ ዋና ዳይሬክተር አቶ ታመነ አጫሞ በተቋማት ላይ ሲጋራንና ትንባሆን ማስጨስ ጤናን ከመጉዳቱ ባሻገር በህግ የተቀመጠ ወንጀል ነው ስለዚህ በተሰጣችሁ ግንዛቤ፣በሚደረግላችሁ ክትትልና ድጋፍ ተቋማችሁን መለወጥና ከሲጋራ ጭስ ነጻ ማድረግ ካልቻላችሁ ወንጀልን የመከላከል ስራ እርምጃ የሚወሰድ መሆኑን አውቃችሁ የተጀመረውን ነገር በማታም በቀንም ተጠናክሮ መቀጠል እንዳለበት ገልጸው ለስራችሁ መሳካት የከንተማው ከንቲባ፣የፍትህ አካላትና ባለስልጣን መስሪያ ቤቱ ከጎናቸው ሁኖ እንደሚደግፋቸው ለተጎበኙት ተ ቋማት ባለቤቶችና ተወካዮች ጠንከር ያለ መልክት አስተላልፈዋል።
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/joint-inspection-site-vist-at-3-woredas-of-arada-sub-city/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210711
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210712
DTSTAMP:20260430T133039
CREATED:20211119T130754Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211119T131841Z
UID:3225-1625961600-1626047999@meqoamia.org
SUMMARY:Baseline Assessment
DESCRIPTION:Baseline assessment and finding in Arada and Bole sub-cities\, Addis Ababa.\nበአዲስ አበባ ከተማ በቦሌና በአራዳ ክ/ከተሞች የትንቦሆ ቁጥጥርን አስመልክቶ በህዝብ መገልገያ ቦታዎች ፤ በምግብና መጠጥ ቤቶች ፣ ካፊ ፣ በቡና መጠጫ ቤቶች ፣ በትምህርት ቤቶች ፣ ወዘተ በተደረገ የመነሻ የዳሰሳ ጥናት የተገኘው ውጤት በከተማ ውስጥ በቀጣይ #ጠንካራ ፣ #ሰፊና ተከታታይነት ያለው #የቁጥጥር ስራ እንደሚያስፈልግ የሚጠቁም ሆኖ አግኝተነዋል።\nThanks to – EFDA\, AAFMHACA\, MWCS\, HDAMA\, WHO & MCDO \n🚭🅰️🅳🅳🅸🆂 🅰️🅱️🅰️🅱️🅰️ 🆂🅼🅾️🅺🅴 🅵🆁🅴🅴 🅸🅽🅸🆃🅸🅰️🆃🅸🆅🅴 .🚭💯☝️ \nWORKSHOP ON SMOKE-FREE IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT TO ARADA And BOlE SUB-CITY OFFICIALS \n“𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙖 & 𝙗𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙗-𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨 ” \nFor those of you who have worked together for the success of the program:\n𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨.
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/3225/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210701
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210702
DTSTAMP:20260430T133039
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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210601
DTSTAMP:20260430T133039
CREATED:20211119T084903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211119T124252Z
UID:3133-1622419200-1622505599@meqoamia.org
SUMMARY:World No Tobaco Day
DESCRIPTION:World No Tobacco Day – Press Release (Capital Hotel Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia)\nA press release was issued by the media regarding the day. Her Excellency Dr. Liya Tadesse\, Health Mister\, and EFDA Director-General Heran Gerba and guests in attendance. \n**************************** \nWHO has recently launched a year-long global campaign for World No Tobacco Day 2021 – “Commit to Quit”. This campaign aims to support 100 million people worldwide in their attempt to give up tobacco through various initiatives and digital solutions. It will help create healthier environments that are conducive to quitting tobacco by: \n\nadvocating for strong tobacco cessation policies\npromoting increased access to cessation services\nraising awareness of tobacco industry tactics\nempowering tobacco users to make successful attempts to quit through “quit & win” initiatives.\n\nThe COVID-19 pandemic has led to millions of tobacco users wanting to quit. However\, quitting tobacco is challenging\, especially with the added social and economic stresses brought about by the pandemic. \nWorldwide\, around 780 million people say they want to quit\, but only 30% of them have access to the tools that can help them to overcome both physical and mental addictions to tobacco. Together with partners\, WHO will provide people with the tools and resources they need to make a successful attempt at quitting. \nQuitting tobacco has major and immediate health benefits\nThere are immediate and long-term health benefits to quitting tobacco. After just 20 minutes of quitting smoking\, the heart rate drops. Within 12 hours\, the carbon monoxide level in the blood drops to normal. Within 2–12 weeks\, the circulation improves and lung function increases. Within 1–9 months\, coughing and shortness of breath decrease. Within 5–15 years\, the stroke risk is reduced to that of a non-smoker. Within 10 years\, the lung cancer death rate is about half that of a smoker. Within 15 years\, the risk of heart disease is that of a non-smoker. \nPolicies and capacity for tobacco cessation in WHO European Region must improve\nCessation policies are still among the least implemented of all WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control demand reduction measures\, with only 8 countries providing best-practice cessation services in the European Region\, the majority of which are high-income countries. \nGovernments should recognize this unmet need and act on it as part of a comprehensive tobacco control strategy. Population-level\, cost-effective tobacco cessation interventions must be a priority for countries. At the same time\, innovation is to be encouraged and mobile technologies should be fully harnessed to improve access to large and hard-to-reach populations. \nDigital solutions to help the world’s 1.3 billion tobacco users to quit\nWHO set up the new Access Initiative for Quitting Tobacco\, which gives people\, among other things\, free access to digital counseling. WHO has partnered with tech companies like Facebook\, WhatsApp and Soul Machines to raise awareness and support tobacco users to quit with the help of chatbots and digital health workers. For instance\, Florence\, a digital counselor\, based on artificial intelligence\, helps people develop a personalized plan to quit tobacco and guides them to available mobile apps and toll-free quitlines in their countries. Meanwhile\, the Quit Challenge on WhatsApp provides signed-up tobacco users with free messages on how to quit\, directly to their mobile phones. \nThese and other global and regional cessation tools will be rolled out as part of the campaign for World No Tobacco Day 2021\, which will reiterate once again that strong cessation services improve health\, save lives and save money.
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/world-tobaco-day/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210315
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210316
DTSTAMP:20260430T133039
CREATED:20211201T144836Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211201T144836Z
UID:4355-1615766400-1615852799@meqoamia.org
SUMMARY:Addiction Relapse Prevention
DESCRIPTION:Addiction \nRecovery\nRecovery Coach\nDelivering Recovery Support Services                                                                           የሱስ_ህክምናን_የተመለከተ_የዛሬ_ማለዳ_ውይይት #etv #ጤና_ይስጥልኝ      \n#ebc #etv #EthiopianBroadcastingCorporation \nበሱስ ተጠቅተው በማገገሚያ ውስጥ ከሚገኙ ወጣቶች ጋር የተደረገ ቆይታ\n\n15 Mar 2021\nhttps://youtu.be/KUyAJ41THww 
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/addiction-relapse-prevention/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200815
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200816
DTSTAMP:20260430T133039
CREATED:20211201T150820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211201T152359Z
UID:4362-1597449600-1597535999@meqoamia.org
SUMMARY:Addiction Relapse prevention - Recovery Coach
DESCRIPTION:#ebc #etv#EthiopianBroadcastingCorporation\n#Addiction prevention #Recovery Coach\n#Addiction treatment\n#ጤናዎ በቤትዎ🚭 #የሲጋራ ሱስ ለማቆም መደረግ ያለባቸው ነገሮች Aug 15\, 2020 / ነሃሴ 09/2012ዓ.ም
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/4362/
CATEGORIES:Addiction
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200809T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200809T170000
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CREATED:20211118T132514Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211119T123030Z
UID:3117-1596960000-1596992400@meqoamia.org
SUMMARY:Addis Ababa Smoke Free Initiative Advocacy Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Addis Ababa Smoke Free Initiative Advocacy Meeting with members of the law enforcement body.\nIn attendance: Ms Heran Gerba\, EFDA Director General Mr Tamene Director at AAFMHACA and staff members of CTFK and MCDC.
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/addis-ababa-smoke-free-initiative-advocacy-meeting/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191231
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200101
DTSTAMP:20260430T133039
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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190629
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190630
DTSTAMP:20260430T133039
CREATED:20211201T145543Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211201T150012Z
UID:4359-1561766400-1561852799@meqoamia.org
SUMMARY:እራስዎንና ቤተሰብዎን ከኮሮና ቫይረስ ወረርሽኝ ይጠብቁ
DESCRIPTION:#ከሱስ_ነፃ_ትውልድ_መፍጠር\n#Creating a generation free from addiction!\nhttps://www.press.et/Ama/?p=35207\n👉 የሰኔ 21 ቀን 2012 ዓ.ም የአዲስ ዘመን ጋዜጣ ይዘቶችን በሙሉ\nበፒዲኤፍ እነሆ!\n፤\nበህክምና ባለሙያዎች የሚሰጡ ምክሮችን ይቀበሉ፤ ይተግብሩ!\n*********\nለትክክለኛና ወቅታዊ መረጃ ትክክለኛውን የቴሌግራም ቻናላችን ይቀላቀሉ\nhttps://t.me/ethpress
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/%e1%8a%a5%e1%88%ab%e1%88%b5%e1%8b%8e%e1%8a%95%e1%8a%93-%e1%89%a4%e1%89%b0%e1%88%b0%e1%89%a5%e1%8b%8e%e1%8a%95-%e1%8a%a8%e1%8a%ae%e1%88%ae%e1%8a%93-%e1%89%ab%e1%8b%ad%e1%88%a8%e1%88%b5-%e1%8b%88/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190419
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190426
DTSTAMP:20260430T133039
CREATED:20260417T101548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260417T101548Z
UID:5238-1555632000-1556236799@meqoamia.org
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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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160616
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160617
DTSTAMP:20260430T133039
CREATED:20211119T125913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211119T130022Z
UID:3222-1466035200-1466121599@meqoamia.org
SUMMARY:World No Drug Day 2016
DESCRIPTION:June 26 is the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking also referred to as World Drug Day. Established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1987\, this day serves as a reminder of the goals agreed to by the Member States of creating an international society free of drug abuse. \nThe United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) selects themes for International Day and launches campaigns to raise awareness about the global drug problem. \nMeqoamia Community Development Organization in partnership with Mekelle University\, Ministry of Health\, Ministry of Women\, Children and Youth
URL:https://meqoamia.org/event/world-no-drug-day-2016/
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