Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use by adolescents are major contributors to death
and disability in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). This paper reviews the extent of adolescents' …

Background Substance use constitutes a major public health issue especially among
adolescents as it has associated adverse behavioural, health, social and economic …

Background Adolescent substance use continues to be a growing major public health
concern in Africa. Recent studies infer an overall estimated prevalence of 42% among …

Aims (1) To provide a synthesis of prevalence data among young people in sub‐Saharan
Africa (SSA);(2) to examine whether factors such as gender, age, socio‐economic status …

Background. In sub-Saharan Africa, substance use among adolescents has continued to be
a major public health concern, albeit poorly documented across many settings. Objective. To …

Objective Systematic review and meta‐analysis of published studies of alcohol use among
young people (age 15–24 years) in eastern Africa to estimate prevalence of alcohol use and …

Background Alcohol use leads to about 3 million deaths globally. The alcohol industry
employs marketing strategies to establish their brands in the lives of young people at a time …

Research on alcohol use and its associated harm is scarce in West Africa. To mitigate the
knowledge gap and to build momentum for future research, we determined research …

Introduction Alcohol use is a global public health problem, including as a risk factor for HIV
infection, but few data are available on the epidemiology of alcohol use and alcohol use …

BACKGROUND: Although the mortality crisis that followed the break-up of the Soviet Union
in 1992 has been well researched, most attention has been paid to mortality among middle …