Addiction is the biggest Mental Health problem in the world as well in East and South as in North and West. Many Rotarians wherever in the world have contact with addiction problems in their family, Rotary club or professional environment. Besides the big and international discussions about legalizing or not, prevention is the priority and unfortunately the field with the least financial or structural effort. Rotary can help to train more people and Rotarians to strengthen the field of prevention all over the world in a continued sustainable action.
For Europe and the US the EU Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and the US National Institute on Drug Abuse organize this trainings on a yearly bases for already 5 years. With this Global Grant the same training programs will be implemented in Asia and parallel a webinar training will be developed World Wide.
Training of students, young professionals in addiction treatment and addiction prevention. Students and young professionals in order to expand the number of professionals active in this field.Evaluation of the training program in order to adapt the curriculum for the next training sessions.
50 students per year, 50 young professionals per year will benefit from the training and will become active to organize and implement evidence based addiction prevention programs in their local communities in cooperation with Rotary Clubs and with the support of the Rotarian Action Group Addiction Prevention. When the global grant is closed. The local University will continue the training program in close cooperation with EMCDDA and NIDA.
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