ADD Resources Home ADD Resources Home http://forut.custompublish.com/ CustomPublish.com - Web publishing made easy Mon, 24 Jan 2022 13:55:05 +0100 Alcohol companies and their lobby groups are systematically working to undermine and water down global alcohol policies that would reduce the harms associated with their products, according to new report. Mon, 24 Jan 2022 13:55:05 +0100 http://forut.custompublish.com/report-on-efforts-from-alcohol-companies-to-influence-who-alcohol-action-plan.6502794.html http://forut.custompublish.com/report-on-efforts-from-alcohol-companies-to-influence-who-alcohol-action-plan.6502794.html In a new policy brief, the World Heart Federation (WHF) is challenging the widespread notion that drinking moderate amounts of alcohol can decrease the risk of heart disease, and calling for urgent and decisive action to tackle the unprecedented rise in alcohol-related death and disability worldwide. Mon, 24 Jan 2022 09:58:33 +0100 http://forut.custompublish.com/disproving-the-myths-of-alcohol-and-cardiovascular-health.6502479.html http://forut.custompublish.com/disproving-the-myths-of-alcohol-and-cardiovascular-health.6502479.html 11 years after the first edition European Centre for Monitoring Alcohol Marketing (EUCAM) has published a revised edition of its analysis of the key mesages of the alcohol industry. Fri, 21 Jan 2022 15:31:11 +0100 http://forut.custompublish.com/revised-edition-the-seven-key-messages-of-the-alcohol-industry.6502461.html http://forut.custompublish.com/revised-edition-the-seven-key-messages-of-the-alcohol-industry.6502461.html Alcohol consumption is a key structural driver of gender-based violence (GBV) and especially intimate partner violence (IPV). A new report from four countries in sub-Sahara Africa explores how the availability of alcohol – both alcohol outlet density and trading times – are associated with increased alcohol use, and increased risk for GBV perpetration and vicitimisation. Fri, 21 Jan 2022 13:22:12 +0100 http://forut.custompublish.com/alcohol-availability-a-key-issue-in-gender-based-violence.6502371.html http://forut.custompublish.com/alcohol-availability-a-key-issue-in-gender-based-violence.6502371.html The number of road traffic accidents has decreased in high-income countries the last ten years. The opposite is the trend for low- and middle-income countries. This report shows that there is a very clear connection between alcohol use and road traffic accidents in Malawi. Fri, 09 Jul 2021 13:29:31 +0200 http://forut.custompublish.com/the-role-of-alcohol-in-road-traffic-injuries-in-malawi.6399094.html http://forut.custompublish.com/the-role-of-alcohol-in-road-traffic-injuries-in-malawi.6399094.html The report launched in April 2021 takes a closer look at what has happened in the form of national follow-up of the UNGASS Outcome Document in 15 selected countries. It also contains the recomenndations from Drug Policy Futures to the UN Member States. Fri, 09 Jul 2021 11:27:29 +0200 http://forut.custompublish.com/monitoring-the-implementation-of-the-ungass-agreement.6399087.html http://forut.custompublish.com/monitoring-the-implementation-of-the-ungass-agreement.6399087.html OECD recently released the report “Preventing harmful alcohol use”. It highlights that if governments invest in policies to reduce harmful alcohol consumption, they could save millions of lives. The economic benefits of putting them in place would also be much higher than the costs. Fri, 28 May 2021 15:42:36 +0200 http://forut.custompublish.com/new-report-highlights-benefits-of-policy-measures-to-prevent-harmful-alcohol-consumption.6390661.html http://forut.custompublish.com/new-report-highlights-benefits-of-policy-measures-to-prevent-harmful-alcohol-consumption.6390661.html A new report ‘Alcohol and the coronavirus pandemic: individual, societal and policy perspectives’ by a group of researchers was released recently. They investigate the links between alcohol use and COVID-19, both for individuals and society – from physiological effects on the immune system to alcohol venues’ role in ‘super-spreader’ events. Thu, 28 Jan 2021 13:45:24 +0100 http://forut.custompublish.com/highlighting-the-covid-19-alcohol-connection.6363898.html http://forut.custompublish.com/highlighting-the-covid-19-alcohol-connection.6363898.html Vital Strategies has published a new report on how governments, despite the health burden, are subsidizing the alcohol industry. Billions of dollars are given to the alcohol industry every year through tax breaks, marketing subsidies and other incentives, particularly in low-and middle-income countries. Tue, 19 Jan 2021 16:35:40 +0100 http://forut.custompublish.com/the-sobering-truth-incentivizing-alcohol-death-and-disability.6361589.html http://forut.custompublish.com/the-sobering-truth-incentivizing-alcohol-death-and-disability.6361589.html The Lancet recently published the systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study, with updated figures for 87 risk factors for ill health, disability, and death. Among them alcohol is the leading risk factor for those aged 25-49, with increasing risks across all ‘socio-demographic development’ groups of countries. Thu, 29 Oct 2020 12:27:29 +0100 http://forut.custompublish.com/alcohol-among-risk-factors-increasing.6342517.html http://forut.custompublish.com/alcohol-among-risk-factors-increasing.6342517.html