Aims

To support the free and open dissemination of research findings and information on alcoholism and alcohol-related problems. To encourage open access to peer-reviewed articles free for all to view.

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Thursday, May 10, 2007



FOLLOW-UP OF EUROCARE SEMINAR
AN ALCOHOL STRATEGY FOR EUROPE?
European Parliament – Brussels
Wednesday, 31 January 2007


Full Programme and presentations

Key aspects of the EU strategy to support Member States in reducing alcohol related harm
Keynote speaker: Commissioner Markos Kyprianou, DG Health

The impact of Alcohol in Europe
Dr Peter Anderson - International Public Health Consultant. Co-author of the Report for the Commission “Alcohol in Europe: A Public Health Perspective”

WHO initiatives to reduce alcohol related harm
Dag Rekve – World Health Organization, Geneva

Eurocare recommendations for effective action to reduce the burden of alcohol problems
Ms. Tiziana Codenotti, Vice Chairman, Eurocare

Is the industry really willing to cooperate to curb underage drinking? - Marketing of alcohol to young people
Ms. Monique Kuunders. Policy Adviser. National Foundation for Alcohol Prevention. STAP. The Netherlands.

Personal Testimony: The lives behind the statistics
Ms. Diane Black, adoptive mother of three children with fetal alcohol syndrome, mother of a child killed by a drunk driver, sister to an alcoholic man.

Relevant documents:

Relevant documents on the Harm done by alcohol:
Report alcohol in Europe: A Public Health Perspective –
http://ec.europa.eu/health-eu/news_alcoholineurope_en.htm

Relevant documents on the EU Alcohol Strategy -Text of the Strategy http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_determinants/life_style/alcohol/alcohol_com_en.htm

Framework for Alcohol Policy in the WHO European Region – World Health Organisation – Europe
http://www.euro.who.int/document/e88335.pdf

Relevant papers on Alcohol Marketing and Young people
“Don’t ask a bird to clip its own wings” STAP - http://www.alcoholpreventie.nl/bestand/bird.pdf

”Marketing Alcohol to Young people” EUROCARE http://www.eurocare.org/pdf/pubs/mkt_alcoholyp.pdf

You can also see photographs from the Seminar.

For more information about the seminar, you can contact ruth.ruiz@europanytt.no

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