The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that over 2.5 million people across the world die from alcohol-related issues per year. This makes alcohol the leading killer worldwide. About 13 percent of these, or 320,000 people, are between 15 and 29 years old. These numbers are alarming, and therefore WHO has decided to pass a resolution that focuses on the harmful effects of alcohol.
Some of the policies that are beeing mooted by the WHO include community action, pricing policies, health services’ responses and reducing public health impact of illicit alcohol. The 193 member countries have now been urged to support positive measures in these directions.
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