WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2018
01 October 2018
The new global status report on Alcohol and Health, published
by WHO every 4 years, is freshly available. The European
region is still the heaviest drinking region in the world but
the African region experiences the heaviest burden of
alcohol-related disease and injury. Globally WHO projects that
alcohol consumption will increase, not decrease, we truly have
a lot of work ahead of us.
Effective policies are crucial for decreasing the harm caused
by alcohol worldwide. We call on all decision makers not to
underestimate the role evidence-based policy measures have for
the health of populations. In line with the research findings
of the World Health Organization, we call on policy makers to
- reduce availability of alcoholic beverages
- ban/restrict alcohol advertisement in the media
- increase taxes on alcohol.
For a more comprehensive picture of the global state of
affairs with regards to alcohol harm and what can be done
against it, we recommend reading the newly released WHO Global
Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2018:
http://www.who.int/…/pub…/global_alcohol_report/gsr_2018/en/
See also:
Trouble Brewing
Trouble Brewing - Key messages
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