Regional action plan to implement global strategy to reduce harmful use of alcohol for the South-East Asia Region (‎2014–2025)‎

Overview

Alcohol consumption has many negative impacts on all dimensions of health – physical, mental, social and spiritual. The Regional Action Plan to implement Global Strategy to reduce harmful use of alcohol for the South-East Asia Region (2014–2025) has been developed with a vision to reduce the health and societal burden of alcohol consumption.

The Action Plan, based on existing tools and mechanisms, considers that alcohol is everybody’s business; focuses on equity and all-inclusive protection; advocates evidence-based and context-relevant strategies; and emphasises the management of real, perceived or potential conflicts of interest. The Action Plan targets at least a 10% relative reduction in total adult per capita consumption in a calendar year in terms of litres of pure alcohol, within the national context, by 2025 for Member States of the Region. The Plan outlines the roles of key stakeholders as the WHO South East Asia region works towards achieving this target.