Will alcohol harm emerge from the shadows and get the global response it deserves?

18 October 2019

The Lancet has published a Comment written by Sally Casswell to coincide with the WHO consultation process on the implementation of the global strategy to reduce harmful use of alcohol and the way forward, which will feed into the report from the Director General to the 2020 World Health Assembly. This will be the first time alcohol has appeared on the WHA agenda since the endorsement of the global strategy in 2010. The Comment argues a stronger response is required.