Zambia: An alcohol policy alliance in the making?
Zambia needs a stronger NGO voice to promote public health concerns in alcohol policy formulation. This was one of the conclusions in a meeting for civil society organizations in Lusaka on the 10th of June.
New WHO report:
Monitoring Alcohol Marketing in Africa
Effective legislation is necessary to strictly regulate alcohol marketing activities. This is one of the recommendations in a new report; "Monitoring Alcohol Marketing in Africa", released by WHO AFRO today.
WHO Western Pacific Region relases guide:
Developing effective alcohol legislation
Many governments realize the need for effective legislation to reduce the harm from alcohol use. This is also reccommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol. But how to do it? WHO Western Pacific Regional Office has offered a guide.
National Conference in Thailand
Alcohol in the Globalized World
- Thailand will never give trade benefits higher priority than public health, declared Thai Prime Minister Abhisit at this year’s National Alcohol Conference in Bangkok.
New alcohol policy in the making in Malawi
Malawi has embarked on a process to develop a new national alcohol policy. “The Malawian way” could well serve as a model for other countries!
Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity – Second Edition
A new and updated edition of the book Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity is now available from Oxford University Press, written by an international group of alcohol researchers under the leadership of Professor Thomas Babor (picture below).
Health researchers call for alcohol industry to prove no harm in funding of sports
Researchers from Australia and the UK are calling for a new approach to the debate over whether alcohol industry sponsorship of sports increases drinking among sports participants. They want to shift the burden of proof to the alcohol industry.
Alcohol industry’s self regulation of advertising does not work
Alcohol companies do not abide with their own codes of conduct, according to a new review of alcohol advertising in the UK. The industry still promotes alcohol to young people, according to a report presented in the British Medical Journal.
WHO Executive Board recommends alcohol strategy to Assembly
On Friday 22 January the WHO Executive Board Session passed a resolution which recommends to the World Health Assembly (WHA) to endorse the Global Strategy to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol.
Existing alcohol legislation in Malawi
This paper, which is written by Zione Ntaba, reviews the existing legislation on alcohol in Malawi.