Implementing alcohol policies in the Commonwealth of Independent States: a workshop of “First Mover” countries

Overview

This report highlights the main outcomes of a first WHO workshop on the implementation of alcohol policies in the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (‎CIS)‎, which took place on the 4-5 December 2019 in Moscow, Russian Federation. CIS countries can be seen as “first movers” in implementing the most cost–effective policies to reduce alcohol consumption and alcohol-attributable harms in the WHO European Region and their contribution is crucial to reaching the noncommunicable disease (‎NCD)‎ target of a 10% reduction in the harmful use of alcohol by 2025.