Meeting of the National Focal Points for Alcohol Policy in the WHO European Region

The WHO Regional Office for Europe organized the 15th Meeting of National Focal Points for Alcohol Policy in the WHO European Region back to back to a Global Alcohol Policy Symposium. The symposium was organized by the Green Crescent Society in collaboration with the Prime Minister Office, Turkish Grand National Assembly, the Ministry of Health.

The main objective of the network meeting was to exchange information between Member States on alcohol policy developments. The preliminary results of the European Status report on alcohol and health 2013 were presented at the network meeting. The report was published in June 2013. Other areas for discussion were brief intervention, alcohol and social determinants and labelling.