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Friday, September 19, 2008

Alcoholism 'taking root in East Africa'

By The Citizen Reporter, Arusha

Alcoholism is increasingly becoming a health burden in eastern and southern Africa region, it has been warned.

Arusha Regional Commissioner Isidori Shirima said when opening the Second Scientific Forum on Best Practices organised by the East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community (Ecsa) that more people were becoming obsessed with the consumption of alcohol.

He said alcoholism and substance abuse as well as non-communicable diseases were in the past associated with the developed world, adding that this was no longer the case.
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