Alcohol abuse

A UNHCR van transfers newly arrived Afghan families from the shore to the Skala Sikamneas transit site. (25 September 2019)
© UNHCR/Gordon Welters

News in Brief 1 October 2019

1 October 2019
News in Brief
  • Athens urged to fast-track asylum-seekers amid crisis over island shelters 
  • ‘Sixth straight year’ of at least 1,000 deaths in the Mediterranean 
  • Plunge in Russians’ alcohol consumption linked to ‘dramatic’ rise in life expectancy 
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Russian alcohol consumption decreased by 43% from 2003 to 2016, a World Health Organization (WHO) report says.
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Strict alcohol laws which cut intake more than 40 per cent in Russia, linked to historically high life expectancy

1 October 2019
Health

Strict laws put in place by the Russian authorities since 2003 have resulted in a significant drop in alcohol-related deaths nationwide, a report from the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed on Tuesday.

Search of the Tomping protection of civilians (POC) site in Juba, South Sudan. Some alcohol was discovered, and poured out.
UN Photo/JC McIlwaine

“Political commitment” needed to tackle alcohol abuse in South Sudan

25 March 2016
General News

“Political commitment” and effective policies are what’s needed to tackle the scourge of drug and alcohol abuse in South Sudan.

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