substance abuse

By Ritah Namisango and Meeme Monica On Saturday 21st March 2026, teachers, head-teachers and administrators convened at Makerere University to participate in the School Stakeholders’ Workshop aimed at strengthening their capacity to address students’ mental health and psychosocial challenges. Hosted by the Centre for Teaching and Learning Support (CTLS) under the College of Education and […]

In Uganda, children arrive at health facilities every day with fever, cough, injuries or routine illnesses. What health workers rarely recognise is that some of these children are already living with alcohol or other substance use disorders, conditions that complicate diagnosis, delay treatment, and quietly undermine children’s health, development, and long-term wellbeing. This hidden reality […]

Based on research led by Max Bobholz and colleagues from Makerere University in Uganda, Essentia Institute of Rural Health, and the Medical College of Wisconsin in the United States. Adolescence is meant to be a time of holistic growth and self-discovery, but for many Ugandan teenagers, this period is becoming a season of silent mental […]