Key Recent Milestones:
· Rwanda: ICAP held a meeting with key industry stakeholders in Kigali on November 7, 2012 to finalize plans for setting up the first self-regulation industry association in Rwanda.
Global Actions in Focus: Noncommercial Alcohol Monograph
The objective of the research was to measure the nature and extent of unrecorded alcohol production and consumption in nine low and middle-income countries: Belarus, Botswana, Brazil, China, India, Kenya, Mexico, Russia, and Sri Lanka. Each chapter is written by a local researcher presenting the context of drinking and culture, describing the study design and key findings, and discussing implications for policy and prevention.
The case of Belarus suggests that with proper enforcement, reductions in consumption of noncommercial alcohol can be achieved. In other countries, enforcement is either weak or obstructed by corruption, as is noted in the country study on Mexico. In Sri Lanka, researchers point to a series of steps to curb consumption of the illicit distilled beverage kasippu .
(Photo shows a secluded illicit alcohol distillery in a Sri Lanka jungle).
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