Trauma, loss and other psychosocial drivers of excessive alcohol consumption in Karamoja, Uganda

Abstract This article investigates the trends, drivers and effects of alcohol consumption in Karamoja, a primarily pastoralist area of Uganda. Although locally brewed alcohol from sorghum and millet has an important and long-standing place in Karamojong tradition, the emerging trend of excessive con...

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Main Authors: Padmini Iyer, Elizabeth Stites
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-01
Series:Pastoralism
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13570-021-00199-0