A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Malawi government and a Norwegian anti-drug and alcohol agency - FORUT - to give the former technical assistance in the fight against drug and alcohol abuse. The MoU has a five-year lifespan.
The Malawi Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security Earnest Malenga said the agreement would help alleviate the problems associated with drug and alcohol abuse.
He said the MOU goes in line with the international commitment to combat the harmful use of alcohol signed by members of the world health assembly in 2008.
“I am glad to report that the Malawi government has put in place a framework for combating this problem through the inter-ministerial committee on drug control that is chaired by the ministry of home affairs and is working with civil society and other relevant stakeholders,” he said.
He said the Norwegian government has been assisting the government of Malawi in several initiatives and the FORUT MoU showed the Norwegian government’s commitment to assist Malawi achieve its Millennium Development Goals.
Malenga said alcohol has brought a lot of problems to the Malawian society and was an obstacle to the development agenda. “For your information Malawi is one of the countries with serious drug production, abuse and trafficking in the SADC region,” he said.
Thursday 13 November 2008
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