Regional technical consultation with Member States on the working document for development of the Action plan (2022–2030) to effectively implement the Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol as a public health priority

Обзор

Alcohol poses one of the biggest challenges for the WHO European Region, which has globally the highest levels of drinking, which result in enormous harm. Of the 3 million alcohol-attributable deaths globally every year, almost 1 million occur in the WHO European Region.  This report summarizes key findings from a regional technical consultation meeting of Member States of the WHO European Region, which took place on 25 and 26 March 2021 to discuss the working document for development of the Action plan (2022–2030) to effectively implement the Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol as a public health priority. A total of 43 Member States participated in the virtual consultation.