Alcohol and Health Policies in Europe and UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Alcohol and Health Policies in Europe and UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The 8^th European Awareness Week on Alcohol-Related Harm (AWARH) will be held on 16 - 20 November 2020. 

The aim of AWARH is to increase awareness of the need to address alcohol-related harm in Europe and highlight the need to address it through an integrated approach to alcohol policy.

2020 is a special year as all events will be held online. No personal meetings due to COVID 19. Within the AWARH, the aim is to facilitate discussions around the overwhelming burden of alcohol-related harm in Europe, propose possible solutions to the problem, and be a catalyst for debate at European and national levels.  

The focus in this event is on how evidence-based alcohol policies can contribute to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Europe. In conjunction with this event, WHO Europe is also launching its new factsheet for policy makers, Alcohol consumption and sustainable development and there will also be a presentation of a new Special Issue Alcohol Control Policy and Health in Europe of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

15:00   Welcome and introductions

            Tiziana Codenotti, Eurocare President

15:10   WHO European Region: Alcohol consumption and sustainable development

            Carina Ferreira-Borges, European Office for the Prevention and Control of NCDs, WHO        Regional Office for Europe

15:25   Alcohol Control Policy and Health in Europe (A special issue of International Journal of        Environmental Research and Public Health)

            Jürgen Rehm & Toni Gual, Guest Editors

15:40   Call for action

            Marko Korenjak, ELPA President

            Alcohol and pancreatic cancer: what is at stake?

            Matthias Lohr, UEG

15:55   Questions and Conclusions

            Tiziana Codenotti, Eurocare President

16:00   Finish