The Economic Area of West African States (ECOWAS) has actually ushered in a three-day workshop from April 23rd to 25th, 2024, concentrating on the West African Public Health Network on Substance Abuse (WENDU). While the workshop mostly intends to verify the WENDU 2023 information and reinforce local feedbacks to substance abuse obstacles, it likewise supplies a chance to attest ECOWAS’s dedication to surveillance and sustaining Sierra Leone among its proclaimed substance abuse emergency situation on using Kush.
In her opening statements, Teacher Fatou Plant Sarr, Commissioner for Person Growth and Social Matters, stood for by the Supervisor of Altruist and Social Matters, Dr Sintiki Tarfa Ugbe, highlighted the wider local context and the particular circumstance in Sierra Leone. “While our emphasis today gets on reinforcing our whole area’s capability to take care of drug-related problems, we are especially conscientious to the severe obstacles encountered by Sierra Leone. We are very closely keeping an eye on the circumstance and are devoted to mobilising targeted assistance as component of our local approach,” Dr Ugbe said.
Pharm (Mrs.) Abdulhameed Wosilat, Replacement Director/Head of the Narcotics and Substance Abuse Department at the Federal Ministry of Health/Social Well-being, and WENDU Centerpiece for Nigeria, talking in support of Prof. Muhammad Ali Crown, Coordinating Priest of Wellness&& Social Well-being, strengthened the prompt nature of this workshop. “Our conference today not just looks for to progress our abilities in information evaluation and plan formula yet likewise to enhance our uniformity with Sierra Leone at this crucial time. Our dedication to data-driven remedies and interagency teamwork is essential to our cumulative initiatives to alleviate substance abuse throughout West Africa,” specified Prof. Crown.
The workshop intends to cultivate a setting of improved teamwork and boosted information top quality and gain access to, allowing ECOWAS to establish educated plans that resolve both the supply and need facets of drug-related problems. This technique guarantees a much healthier and much safer West African neighborhood and emphasizes the area’s assistance for Sierra Leone.
This occasion notes a considerable action in ECOWAS’s recurring initiatives to battle substance abuse, showing the area’s dedication to public wellness and safety and security with joint and calculated actions. The conversations and results from this workshop are expected to substantially affect future activities and reinforce teamwork amongst participant states, resulting in much more reliable administration of substance abuse and its connected obstacles throughout the area.
Dispersed by APO Team in support of Economic Area of West African States (ECOWAS).
