Alcohol policy and practice training toolkit

The Alcohol Policy and Practice Training Toolkit was developed by the World Health Organization’s Less alcohol Unit. It is a comprehensive and user-friendly source of information and tools to accelerate global progress in implementing the Global Alcohol Action Plan 2022–2030. Alcohol is associated with significant health risks, social harms and economic costs. Worldwide, around 2.6 million deaths were caused by alcohol consumption in 2019. Of these, 1.6 million deaths were from noncommunicable diseases, 700 000 deaths from injuries and 300 000 deaths from communicable diseases. Reducing alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harm is a multi-dimensional issue and requires a portfolio of evidenced-based, effective health promotion interventions.

WHO has developed this training toolkit for policy-makers, health stakeholders, civil society, nongovernment organizations, and United Nations partners working on alcohol policy and prevention. It includes four training modules:

An introduction to alcohol policy (e.g. key evidence and myths, overview of health promotion interventions);

Acceptability of alcohol (e.g. the impact of cultural, social and religious norms on alcohol consumption, interventions to restrict alcohol marketing, sponsorships and promotion);

Availability of alcohol (e.g. limiting how easy it is to purchase alcohol through alcohol licensing and restrictions on outlet density, opening hours and sales); and

Affordability of alcohol (e.g. reducing alcohol consumption by raising the price of alcohol and addressing the issue of unrecorded alcohol).

The Alcohol Policy and Practice Training Toolkit also contains links to supplementary training notes, country case examples, publications, technical guidance and policy briefs.

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