WHO expert committee on problems related to alcohol consumption : second report / World Health Organization

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World Health Organization

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TextSeries: WHO technical report series; no.944Publication details: Switzerland : World Health Organization, c2007.Description: vi, 57 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9789241209441

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368.292 WHO 1

Contents:

Introduction The mechanisms of harm from alcohol : intoxication, dependence and toxicity Alcohol availability and consumption in the world The harm attributable to alcohol consumption Effective strategies and interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm Making alcohol policy Implications for international action

Summary: "Since the last meeting, WHO undertook a range of initiatives to support Member States and reinforce the evidence on which policies work, to develop global and regional information systems, and to promote effective policies in health-care settings. These initiatives provide the background for the continuing role of WHO in supporting Member States to reduce the harm done by alcohol. In resolution WHA58.26, the Fifty-eighth World Health Assembly in 2005 requested the Director-General 'to report to the Sixtieth World Health Assembly on evidence-based strategies and interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm, including a comprehensive assessment of public-health problems caused by harmful use of alcohol' and 'to draw up recommendations for effective policies and interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm"' To this end, the Committee was convened with the main objectives of reviewing a range of public health problems attributable to alcohol consumption, as well as scientific and empirical evidence of effectiveness of different policy options, and providing technical recommendations on effective policies and interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm."--Publisher's description

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Introduction
The mechanisms of harm from alcohol : intoxication, dependence and toxicity
Alcohol availability and consumption in the world
The harm attributable to alcohol consumption
Effective strategies and interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm
Making alcohol policy
Implications for international action

"Since the last meeting, WHO undertook a range of initiatives to support Member States and reinforce the evidence on which policies work, to develop global and regional information systems, and to promote effective policies in health-care settings. These initiatives provide the background for the continuing role of WHO in supporting Member States to reduce the harm done by alcohol. In resolution WHA58.26, the Fifty-eighth World Health Assembly in 2005 requested the Director-General 'to report to the Sixtieth World Health Assembly on evidence-based strategies and interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm, including a comprehensive assessment of public-health problems caused by harmful use of alcohol' and 'to draw up recommendations for effective policies and interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm"' To this end, the Committee was convened with the main objectives of reviewing a range of public health problems attributable to alcohol consumption, as well as scientific and empirical evidence of effectiveness of different policy options, and providing technical recommendations on effective policies and interventions to reduce alcohol-related harm."--Publisher's description

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