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Nov 16 '21, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
What Is the per Capita Consumption Indicator Telling Us?
Date
November 16, 2021
Time
15:00 – 16:30 CET
Place
Zoom
About
Population-wide interventions are the most cost-effective approach to tackle the root causes of and reduce overall alcohol consumption and harm. Many global commitments and surveillance systems use this population-wide approach to track progress in the implementation of alcohol control policies. Alcohol per capita consumption is available for almost all countries on a yearly basis since 1996. The trends of alcohol per capita consumption have consistently shown a direct association with alcohol harm and mortality. The indicator is also sensitive to variations in the implementation of alcohol control policies, and more recently it has been used in modeling alcohol consumption worldwide.
This event aims at discussing the validity and reliability of alcohol per capita consumption, its sensitivity to describe changes in alcohol control policies, and reflect on the implication of the COVID-19 pandemic in alcohol consumption projected trends by 2030.
The target audience includes policymakers, government officials and civil servants, civil society groups, media, and researchers with an interest in this topic.
Program and Speakers
OPENING
- Naoko Yamamoto –Â Assistant Director-General, Healthier Population Division, World Health Organization
- Rüdiger Krech – Director, Department of Health Promotion, World Health Organization
SPEAKERS
- Ingeborg Rossow –Â Research Professor, Department of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Drugs, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
- Mindaugas SÌŒtelemėkas – Head and Senior Scientist, Health Research Institute, Faculty of Public Health, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Lithuania
- Paula Carvalho de Freitas (TBC) – Technical Advisor, Department of Health Analysis and Surveillance of Noncommunicable Diseases, Ministry of Health, Brazil
- Kevin Shield –Â Independent Scientist, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada
- Peter Rice –Â President, European Alcohol Policy Alliance, EUROCARE
- Charles Parry –Â Director, Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drug Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, South Africa
- Jürgen Rehm – Senior Scientist, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Canada
- Carina Ferreira-Borges –Â Regional Adviser, Alcohol, Illicit Drugs, and Prison Health, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
- Maristela Monteiro –Â Senior Advisor, Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health, Pan American Health Organization
- Vladimir Poznyak –Â Head, Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behaviours Unit, Department of Mental Health and Substance Use, World Health Organization
- Juan Tello –Â Head, Less Alcohol Unit, Department of Health Promotion, World Health Organization
Registration
Participation in this event is by invitation.
Recorded Webinar
Follow the link to watch the recorded webinar, here.
