Abstract Background In 2020, the Secretariat of the World Health Organization (WHO)
conducted an open consultation, with public submissions, for the purpose of developing an …

Background Accelerating progress to implement effective alcohol policies is necessary to
achieve multiple targets within the WHO global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol …

The Global Alcohol Action Plan 2022-30 (GAAP) represents an important milestone in policy
implementation at the global level on alcohol and health. There has, however, been little …

For the year 2013, it is estimated that alcohol was the world's sixth leading risk factor for
disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), after high blood pressure, smoking, high body mass …

At the 61st World Health Assembly in May 2008, the Member States passed a resolution
requesting the World Health Organisation (WHO) to prepare a draft global strategy to reduce …

The industry is active in researching the issues of most threat to their business and
designing appropriate responses. Diageo informed its shareholders of the threat inherent in …

With growing awareness of the impact of alcohol consumption on global health (Rehm et al.
2004; World Health Organization [WHO] 2002, 2009) the demand for global information on …

Global efforts to address alcohol harm have significantly increased since the mid-1990s. By
2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) had adopted the non-binding Global Strategy to …

The World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)
is increasingly seen as offering a template for advancing effective global health governance …

Background Alcohol harms are rising globally, and alcohol policies, where they exist, are
weak or under-developed. Limited progress has been made since the formulation of the …