EU Commissioner for Health takes clear stance for prevention
Messages of Hope for Young Europeans On Wednesday, John Dalli, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy, addressed the 9th plenary meeting of the European Alcohol and Health Forum and in...
View ArticleEU: Committee on National Alcohol Policy and Action (CNAPA)
High level meeting, Brussels, 17 November 2011. The 9th meeting of the Committee on National Alcohol Policy and Action (CNAPA) took place on 17 November 2011. For the first time Member States were...
View ArticleEU: HIGH LEVEL MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL ALCHOL POLICY AND ACTION
EUROPEAN COMMISSION, HEALTH & CONSUMERS DIRECTORATE-GENERAL, Directorate C – Public Health and Risk Assessment Unit C4 – Health Determinants, Brussels 17 November 2011 Summary Report, 12/22/11
View ArticleFIFA is forcing Brazilian government to change law
Press Release IOGT-International, 01/21/12 Fifa, football’s world governing body, keeps insisting that alcohol must be sold at all venues hosting matches in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Fifa even...
View ArticleHEIDI : A new way of sharing and storing health information in the EU!
Today, HEIDI – an internet based wiki that presents reliable and comparable data about health in the EU – has been launched by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health & Consumers....
View ArticleAU: Sports get $25m to curb binge drinking
TWELVE sports associations will become teetotal when it comes to alcohol sponsorship after a $25 million deal with the government. The groups have struck a deal to promote safe alcohol consumption by...
View ArticleEurocare warns of alcohol-related cancer risks
The European Alcohol Policy Alliance has launched a new website to flag up the risks associated with alcohol consumption and cancer. Alcohol is a carcinogenic (cancer causing) substance, yet only 1 in...
View ArticleWHO Global Information System on Alcohol and Health (GISAH)
The WHO Global Information System on Alcohol and Health (GISAH) provides easy and rapid access to a wide range of alcohol-related health indicators. It is an essential tool for assessing and monitoring...
View ArticleBuilding a Better World is Being ACTIVE
Statement: Active Congress 2012 on Iceland celebrates the International Youth Day To the world, the 12th of August is the International Youth Day. To Active, every day is a youth day worth celebrating....
View ArticleCa 9 million children are affected by their parents’ problems with alcohol
If you are interested in this problem please go to this link. Wenn Sie an diesem Thema interessiert sind, sollten Sie diesen Link benützen. (englisch)
View ArticleDas EU-Parlament fordert eine neue Alkohol-Strategie
European Parliament Resolution calls for new EU Alcohol Strategy 29 April, Brussels– Today, the European Parliament (EP) adopted a Resolution calling on the European Commission to present a new EU...
View ArticleWHO: new report on alcohol-attributable deaths in Europe
For the first time, trends in alcohol consumption and related mortality have been examined systematically for all countries in the WHO European Region for an extended period. (including Switzerland)...
View ArticleJoint Open Letter: Civil Society Concern Regarding The Global Fund Partnering...
To: Hon. Mrs Aida Kurtovic, Chair of the Board Hon. Mr Peter Sands, Incoming Executive Director Hon. Mrs Marijke Wijnroks, Interim Executive Director The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and...
View ArticleDRUNK, DISRUPTIVE AIR PASSENGER NUMBERS ON THE RISE
Report shows that 6 in 10 people have encountered drunk passengers following a six-fold increase in passenger incidents on planes since 2012 Almost two thirds of British adults who travel by air (60%)...
View ArticleBig Alcohol, Big Oil and Big Pharma hold meeting in the heart of the UN
New York, United Nations, July 19, 2018 – Civil society groups express deep concern about presence of harmful industries at the United Nations and during the UN High-Level Political Forum on...
View ArticleMake Alcohol Policy Solutions The Priority They Should Be
69th IOGT World Congress urges governments to make alcohol policy the priority it should be and calls for Framework Convention on Alcohol Control. 42 countries, 77 delegates and 320 participants all...
View ArticleWHO Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2018
PRESS RELEASE Brussels, Belgium, 21st September 2018 We are still number one but hopefully not for long – Europe’s alcohol consumption WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health 2018 More than 3...
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