Contact Data
Phone
501-227-1143
501-227-1121<br />Fax: 501-227-0520
Web
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Business hours
8:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday - Thursday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Friday
Institution
- Type of organisation
- Governamental/Public-national
- Year of foundation
- 1988
- Institutional presentation
- The National Drug Abuse control Council mission is to create a society free from the abuse of drugs while advancing the good health and moral well-being of the nation.
- Direct beneficiaries
- Not drug users
- Experimental drug users
- Drug users
- Problematic drug users
- Fromer drug users
- Motivational groups (drug users and not drug users)
- Women presenting problematic drug use
- Women with children
- Homeless
- Dually diagnosed (comorbid)
- HIV/AIDS
- Racial and ethnic minorities
- Specific drug users – Sex workers, Pregnant teens, Institutionalized persons (prisoners), School-age at risk youth, Out of school youths...
- Target population activities
- General population
- Objective of the centre/ services
- The National Drug Abuse Control Council's main objectives are to reduce the demand and supply of drugs and to alleviate the consequences associated with the misuse of licit and illicit drugs. These objectives are executed through the following six components: 1. Public Education 2. School Drug Prevention 3. Community Empowerment 4. Research and Information 5. Treatment and Rehabilitation 6. Legal Reform
- National coverage
- The National Drug Abuse Control Council provides a national coverage with offices located in every district making it more accessible for the Belizean public.
Intervention framework
- Intervention types
- Prevention
- Treatment
- Intervention framework for Prevention
- School/primary education
- School/secondary education
- University/Tertiary education
- Community
- Public events
- Family
- Work place
- Intervention framework for Treatment
- Other (Assessment of case and outreach services)
- Activities
- Promotion
- Health education
- Training
- Information
- Awareness
- Others (Outreach Services)
- Description of the main activities
- The National Drug Abuse Control Council has three main Unit: The Drug Education Unit that provided Drug Education to schools, work place and community on the effects of drugs. This is provided through various school base approach, presentation and community empowerment. Next is the Treatment and Rehabilitation Unit that offers Outreach service, individual accessing this are assess and the proper referral for treatment services is made. Lastly the Research and Information Unit with is main activity is to gather data from both units on coverage of services offer and the council and data on the drug situation of the country.
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