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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

New alcohol strategy document from the World Health Organization

The 2008 World Health Assembly adopted a resolution that calls for the development of a global strategy to reduce harmful consumption of alcohol. Since then the WHO secretariat has been working to develop a draft Global Strategy to present to the World Health Assembly in May 2010, with prior discussion at the Excecutive Board meeting in Januar.

The WHO Secretariat has now produced and sent out to Member States for their feedback a working document for developing a draft global strategy to reduce harmful use of alcohol. The working document is public and may be downloaded from the WHO website in six languages. It is based on the outcomes of the regional consultations with Member States and consultative process with other stakeholders and contains relevant background information, as well as a proposed vision, objectives and target areas for action by Member States. . . . . .

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