TRAINING OF TRAINERS FOR ETHIOPIA ON THE UNIVERSAL CURRICULUM FOR PREVENTION/TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS Addiction is a disease! Just as an individual can fall ill, so too can a community. When an individual is physically sick, their body is…
We had a productive meeting on substance abuse with the State Minister of Health Dr. Lia Tadesse, Advisor of the Minister of Health Dr. Tedla W. Giorgis and Mr. Elias kalayu (MCDO Excutive Director). Thank you all for your willingness…
The First Colombo Plan DAP Substance Use Disorders (SUDs), UPC and UTC Ethiopia, Addis Ababa Training Week The opening ceremony of this landmark training week began with speeches by H.E. Dr. Lia Tadesse (State Minister of Health), Dr. Tedla W. Giorgis (Advisor to the…
This morning we spent as fruitful morning with HE Sahlework Zewde.President of EFDR , along with Ambassador Amin Abduleqadr, Ambassador of Ethiopia in Algeria to discuss the devastations of substance abuse (Addiction) in our country. With us were Dr. Tedla…
Discussion with Heran Gerba, EFDA Director General focused mainly on COVID-19 and addiction. During the discussion Heran assured EFDA’s commitment to cooperate with Meqoamia Community Development Center to raise awareness and prevent addiction amid the pandemic.
Detoxification or detox means the process of removing toxins from the body. There are two main types of detox: medically assisted detox and clinically managed detox.
Experience sharing program at Mathews Woldu Cancer Society. Meqoamia took the best experience of the society on their years-long efforts on anti tobacco activities.