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This report aims to present comprehensive data on substance abuse treatment admissions in South Africa.

May 25, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Monitoring alcohol and drug abuse treatment admissions in South Africa: January- June 2013: Phase 34: SACENDU report back meetings

Key Points

This report aims to present comprehensive data on substance abuse treatment admissions in South Africa.
Data collected from six specialist substance abuse treatment centres across various provinces.
Monitoring period covered January to June 2013.
Focus on trends in admissions and treatment programs.
Detailed statistics regarding treatment admissions in six key regions were compiled.
Regional differences in drug use patterns were identified.
Limpopo province data collection expanded with a new centre in Polokwane.

Abstract

This report contains detailed data from specialist substance abuse treatment centres in six sites that now comprise the South African Community Epidemiology Network on Drug Use in the Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal (mostly Durban and Pietermaritzburg), Eastern Cape (Port Elizabeth, East London), Gauteng province, Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces (now termed the Northern Region), and the so-called Central Region (comprising of the Free State, Northern Cape and North West provinces). Data collection in Limpopo province began in July 2007 from one centre in Polokwane.

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