FACTSHEET: Where can you get help to manage a drug problem?

This fact guide has been compiled in response to public demand for information on institutions in Zimbabwe offering assistance in managing drug addiction problems. It is a follow up to a factsheet on drug and alcohol abuse which ZimFact published on August 10.

Drug and alcohol abuse among Zimbabwean youth is rising, according to government and public health experts who say this increase has coincided with measures aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19.

Here is a list that provide counselling and rehabilitation services for patients battling drug addiction:

1. Highlands Halfway Home +2638644210999

2. Ruwa Rehabilitation Centre +263273790238

3. Serenity Mind Centre +263716825245

4.Mandipa Hope Rehabilitation +263776911153

5. Tirivanhu Rehabilitation +263773593014

6.Mubatirapamwe Trust +263772379751

7. Beatrice Rehabilitation Centre, Harare

8. Tariro Rehabilitation Centre, Harare

The following public psychiatric institutions also offer help in fight drug addiction:

1. Sally Mugabe Psychiatric Unit (Harare)

2. Parirenyatwa Annex Psychiatric Unit (Harare)