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WHO Says Africa Faces Rising Substance Abuse Post-COVID
JOHANNESBURG — African health groups have warned that the COVID pandemic has led to a rise in drug and alcohol abuse on the continent, but a gap in data is making it hard to monitor. In South Africa, a Soweto-based nonprofit is scrambling to help youth to stay clean and sober.
Substance abuse — particularly alcohol consumption — has been on the rise in Africa for years, according to the World Health Organization.
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