There has been little progress in implementing comprehensive alcohol control strategies in Africa

N Peer - The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Alcohol is the most common substance of addiction and a threat not only to health but also to
sustainable human development. Consequently, at least a 10% relative reduction in the …

Pathways between urbanization and harmful substance use

N Morgan, S Mall - Current opinion in psychiatry, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Pathways between urbanization and harmful substance use : Current Opinion in Psychiatry
Pathways between urbanization and harmful substance use : Current Opinion in Psychiatry Log …

Couples living with and around alcohol abuse: A study of a farmworker community in the Cape Winelands, South Africa

E Lesch, AR Adams - Social Science & Medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Rationale Low-income Coloured Western Cape communities in South Africa
display high rates of problematic drinking, especially binge-drinking over weekends. Alcohol …

The health and social impacts of easy access to alcohol and exposure to alcohol advertisements among women of childbearing age in urban and rural South Africa

H Amanuel, N Morojele, L London - Journal of Studies on Alcohol and …, 2018 - jsad.com
Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of easy access to alcohol and
exposure to alcohol advertisements on women's alcohol consumption, reproductive history …

Transitions between lifetime alcohol use, regular use and remission: Results from the 2004 South African Stress and Health Survey

NH Burnhams, C Bharat, DR Williams, DJ Stein… - South African Medical …, 2019 - ajol.info
Background. Hazardous alcohol consumption presents a serious threat to the health and
wellbeing of all people and is linked to chronic and acute health problems. Objectives. To:(i) …

Position statement on cannabis

DJ Stein - SAMJ: South African Medical Journal, 2016 - scielo.org.za
There is an ongoing national debate around cannabis policy. This brief position statement
by the Executive Committee of the Central Drug Authority outlines some of the factors that …

[HTML][HTML] Alcohol and tobacco use among men in Zambia and Zimbabwe

S Yaya, G Bishwajit - Journal of lifestyle medicine, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background To date, there is no country-representative study on tobacco and alcohol use in
Zambia and Zimbabwe despite the fact that these two countries rank among the top …

Alcohol consumption as a factor in gun or knife crimes in South Africa

GN Osuafor, CE Okoli - African Journal of Drug and Alcohol Studies, 2019 - ajol.info
South Africa is one of the top ten alcohol-consuming countries in Africa. The South African
government has undertaken multifaceted efforts to regulate alcohol consumption to address …

Caregiver alcohol use and mental health among children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in South Africa

C Jardin, L Marais, J Bakhshaie, D Skinner… - AIDS care, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Research in the developed world suggests that parental alcohol use negatively impacts
child mental health. However, little research has examined these relations among children …

Dichloromethane and ethanol co-exposure aggravates oxidative stress indices causing hepatic and renal dysfunction in pubertal rats.

SE Owumi, ES Najophe - Toxicology Research and …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Toxicological effects from chemical interaction may result in weaker or stronger effects. The
present study investigated the influence of acute oral co-exposure to dichloromethane …