Divina Musimire¹, Pier Luigi Rossanigo²* and Mark Aol M³

¹Diocesan Health Coordinator, Moroto Diocese Health Department Team, Uganda
²Diocesan Health Advisor, Moroto Diocese Health Department Team, Uganda
³Advocacy and Policy Influencing Officer, Moroto Diocese Health Department Team, Uganda

*Corresponding Author: Pier Luigi Rossanigo, Diocesan Health Advisor, Moroto Diocese Health Department Team, Uganda.

Received: May 03, 2023; Published: July 11, 2023

Abstract

The sub-region of Karamoja has the highest percentage of alcohol consumers in Uganda. The Diocese of Moroto, in Karamoja, started implementing a project against alcoholism. The method is to collect evidence based data on alcohol abuse, to do sensitisation of the communities, and to perform advocacy and policy influencing with the local authorities. There is also a component of rehabilitation of alcoholics. Although presently it is difficult to propose solutions to the problem of alcohol abuse, the results of the general approach of Moroto Diocese look encouraging.

 Keywords: Uganda; Alcohol; Moroto Diocese

References

1. Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) Report, Financial Year 2019/2020.
2. District Health Information System (DHIS2), Uganda Ministry of Health.
3. Enguli Act, Government of Uganda, (1967).
4. Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book, Fourth Edition, (2013).
5. Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organization, (2018).
6. The Silent Gun: Changes in Alcohol Production, Sale, and Consumption in Post Disarmament Karamoja, Uganda, by Karamoja Resilience Support Unit (KRSU) and Tufts University (USA), (2018).
7. Local Development and Alcohol Abuse: the Case of Karamoja, by PHRG (Peace Human Rights Governance), (2018).

Citation

Citation: Pier Luigi Rossanigo., et al. “The Project of Moroto Diocese Against Alcoholism in Karamoja (Uganda) in the Year 2023”.Acta Scientific Medical Sciences 7.8 (2023): 97-99.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2023 Pier Luigi Rossanigo., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.