1. World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe
Alcohol and harm
Lars Moller
Programme Manager
World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

2. New publications
Alcohol
Policy
Scoring

3. Trends in adult per capita consumption in the WHO European Region and selected subregions,
Alcohol and harm

4. Trends in per drinker per capita consumption for adult men in the WHO European Region and selected subregions,
Alcohol and harm

5. Trends in per drinker per capita consumption for adult women in the WHO European Region and selected subregions,
Alcohol and harm

6. Total average alcohol per capita consumption, recorded and unrecorded, 2014, men and women

7. Trends in alcohol-attributable fractions of mortality in the WHO European Region and selected subregions,
Alcohol and harm

8. Age standardized alcohol-attributable mortality, 2014 (rate per million)
Eastern Europe: Russia, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine
Central-eastern EU: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania,, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia
Mediterranean: Cyprus, France, Greece, Israel, Malta, Portugal, Spain and Turkey
South-eastern Europe: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

9. Alcohol attributable liver cirrhosis mortality. Rates per million
From lowest to highest country mortality – we have a 60-fold difference. Data only for age-adjusted premature mortality (<70 years)

10. Alcohol attributable CVD mortality. Rates per million
A few countries have a negative mortality due to alcohol

11. Alcohol attributable cancer mortality. Rates per million
A few countries have a negative mortality due to alcohol

12. Alcohol attributable injury mortality. Rates per million
From lowest to highest country mortality – we have almost a 30-fold difference. Data only for age-adjusted premature mortality (<70 years)

14. Leadership, awareness and commitment (n=47)
Alcohol policy scoring – level of implementation of effective policies on alcohol (alcohol action plan indicators).
0 = no implementation
100 = full implementation

15. Health services’ response (n=34)
Alcohol policy scoring – level of implementation of effective policies on alcohol (alcohol action plan indicators).
0 = no implementation
100 = full implementation

16. Community and workplace action (n=47)
Alcohol policy scoring – level of implementation of effective policies on alcohol (alcohol action plan indicators).
0 = no implementation
100 = full implementation

17. Drinkdriving policies and countermeasures (n=53)
Alcohol policy scoring – level of implementation of effective policies on alcohol (alcohol action plan indicators).
0 = no implementation
100 = full implementation

18. Lowest age limit for on-premise alcohol service and off-premise alcohol sale

19. Availability of alcohol (n=53)
Alcohol policy scoring – level of implementation of effective policies on alcohol (alcohol action plan indicators).
0 = no implementation
100 = full implementation

20. Marketing of alcoholic beverages (n=53)
Alcohol policy scoring – level of implementation of effective policies on alcohol (alcohol action plan indicators).
0 = no implementation
100 = full implementation

21. Pricing policies (n=45)
Alcohol policy scoring – level of implementation of effective policies on alcohol (alcohol action plan indicators).
0 = no implementation
100 = full implementation

22. Reducing the negative consequences of drinking and alcohol intoxication (n=52)
Alcohol policy scoring – level of implementation of effective policies on alcohol (alcohol action plan indicators).
0 = no implementation
100 = full implementation

23. Reducing the public health impact of illicit alcohol and informally produced alcohol (n=53)
Alcohol policy scoring – level of implementation of effective policies on alcohol (alcohol action plan indicators).
0 = no implementation
100 = full implementation

24. Monitoring and surveillance (n=52)
Alcohol policy scoring – level of implementation of effective policies on alcohol (alcohol action plan indicators).
0 = no implementation
100 = full implementation

25. Ongoing activities Database work:
European Information System on Alcohol and Health
Survey during 2016
Including specific EURO/EC indicators including those to monitor the Action Plan on Youth Drinking and Heavy Episodic Drinking
Timeline database
Live during end October 2016
2016 Updated will be included during spring 2017.

26. Ongoing activities
Screening and brief intervention (SBI) train-the-trainer toolkit
Develop a toolkit which can be used by all countries when introducing SBI
Power point presentations
Manuals
Videos
Material to be printed
Expert meeting June 2016 and Moscow, October 2016
Pilot testing in Russia, December 2016 and May 2017

27. Ongoing activities Report on alcohol-attributable deaths
Published in late September
Based on data from GISAH and the Health For All database.
Show trends in mortality from 1990 – 2015.

28. Ongoing activities Alcohol and pregnancy
A report on the prevention of FASD published in September, which includes a literature review and good practice examples in EU and WHO European Region MS

29. Up-coming reports Alcohol attributable mortality in the EU.
The report will include profiles for all EU MS with trends in alcohol-attributable mortality and policies – also with guidance by country. Special focus on young people.
Expected to be published during June 2017.
Alcohol policy scoring
Analyze implementation of the European action plan
Expected to be published in April 2017.

30. More information on the WHO website
Alcohol and harm