Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2018
Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2018

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2019-02-14

Total Pages: 472

ISBN-13: 9241565632

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The report provides an overview of alcohol consumption and harms in relation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Chapter 1) presents global strategies action plans and monitoring frameworks (Chapter 2) gives detailed information on: the consumption of alcohol in populations (Chapter 3); the health consequences of alcohol consumption (Chapter 4); and policy responses at national level (Chapter 5). In its final chapter 6 the imperative for reducing harmful use of alcohol in a public health perspective is presented. In addition the report contains country profiles for WHO Member States and appendices with statistical annexes a description of the data sources and methods used to produce the estimates and references.

Alcohol Warning Labels
Alcohol Warning Labels

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on the Consumer

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13:

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Reporting about alcohol: a guide for journalists
Reporting about alcohol: a guide for journalists

Author: World Health Organization

Publisher: World Health Organization

Published: 2023-04-06

Total Pages: 45

ISBN-13: 9240071490

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The evidence that consuming alcohol, a psychoactive substance with intoxicating and dependence-producing properties, is creating a global public health epidemic has been accumulated through repeated testing and retesting. WHO promotes evidence-based public health policies and messaging that address alcohol as a widely shared general problem. This guide aims to support the understanding and reporting on the harm to individuals, families and societies caused by alcohol consumption, presenting ways to cover and think about alcohol consumption and its harms more broadly, as well as the proven solutions to this problem. Its main target audience are journalists or those interested in reporting about alcohol consumption and its consequences.