World-Class Assessment Team Commended Thailand’s Alcohol Control Measures As A Role Model For Asia

28 Jan 2020

Professor Sally Casswell is seen presenting the results of a week-long assessment reviewing Thailand’s alcohol control policy at Government House, to Dr Satit Pitutecha, Deputy Minister of Public Health, accompanied by high-level executives and the National Alcohol Policy Committee. She headed up an international assessment team which consisted of experts from 6 countries, Thailand's national-level experts, and a representative of the World Health Organization. The assessment was conducted from 20 to 24 January 2020, with visits to 3 Provinces - Chiang Mai and Songkhla Provinces and Bangkok - to observe the local contexts. The assessment was made as part of Thailand’s Joint Assessment Mission to Review Alcohol Control Policy and Strategy initiative, with the goal to review the outcomes of alcohol control policy from 2008 to the present.

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