Global status report on alcohol and health 2018: executive summary
Overview
Profiling alcohol use, problems and policies in 175 countries, the Global Status Report on Alcohol summarizes the information available to date from published reports and articles, expert informants, WHO central and regional offices, other UN agencies, and governmental and private sources. While the picture it paints is far from complete, this is in part a reflection of a global failure to monitor alcohol use and problems, and mount a comprehensive response to them.
It is WHO’s hope that the report will stimulate further research and data collection which will improve the comprehensiveness of later editions. WHO’s alcohol database may be found on the world-wide web at www.alcoholinfo.org. Any information, comments or suggestions may be sent directly to: Management of Substance Dependence, WHO, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.