Informal Technical Meeting on Alcohol Production and Distribution Data Global Regions WHO Regional websites Africa Americas South-East Asia Europe Eastern Mediterranean Western Pacific When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Select language Select language English العربية 中文 Français Русский Español Home Health Topics All topics »ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Resources » Fact sheets Facts in pictures Multimedia Publications Questions & answers Tools and toolkits Popular » Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Ebola virus disease Air pollution Hepatitis Top 10 causes of death World Health Assembly » Countries All countries »ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Regions » Africa Americas South-East Asia Europe Eastern Mediterranean Western Pacific WHO in countries » Statistics Cooperation strategies Yemen crisis » Sadeq Al Wesabi Hasan An internally displaced family in a camp in Hudaydah © Credits   Newsroom All news » News releases Statements Campaigns Commentaries Events Feature stories Speeches Spotlights Newsletters Photo library Media distribution list Headlines » Timeline: WHO's COVID-19 response »   Emergencies Focus on » COVID-19 pandemic Ebola virus disease outbreak DRC 2021 Syria crisis Crisis in Northern Ethiopia Afghanistan Crisis Latest » Disease Outbreak News Travel advice Situation reports Weekly Epidemiological Record WHO in emergencies » Surveillance Research Funding Partners Operations Independent Oversight and Advisory Committee Health Emergency Dashboard » WHO © Credits Data Data at WHO » Global Health Estimates Health SDGs Mortality Triple billion targets Data collections Dashboards » COVID-19 Dashboard Triple Billion Dashboard Health Equity monitor Mortality Highlights » GHO SCORE Insights and visualizations Data collection tools Reports World Health Statistics 2021 » WHO © Credits About WHO About WHO » People Teams Structure Partnerships Collaborating Centres Networks, committees and advisory groups Transformation Our Work » General Programme of Work WHO Academy Activities Initiatives Funding » Assessed contributions Flexible funding WHO Foundation Accountability » Audit Budget Financial statements Programme Budget Portal Results Report Governance » World Health Assembly Executive Board Election of Director-General Governing Bodies website Home/ Newsroom/ Events/ Detail/ 2021 Informal Technical Meeting on Alcohol Production and Distribution Data 2021 Informal Technical Meeting on Alcohol Production and Distribution Data 30 September 2021 13:00 – 16:00 UTC Time Virtual, by invitation only., Alcohol per capita consumption is one of the key indicators of alcohol exposure in populations and is used for estimating the disease burden attributable to alcohol worldwide. In recent years, the public health importance of data on alcohol consumption has increased significantly in view of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the WHO Global Monitoring Framework for Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs), and the WHO Thirteenth General programme of Work which include alcohol per capita consumption as an indicator.For many years, FAO, OIV, and economic operators (GlobalData, IWSR, IARD) have collected and/or made available to WHO information on production and trade of alcoholic beverages that formed the basis of WHO alcohol per capita consumption estimates for many Member States where other data sources were not available.The specific objectives of the meeting are to discuss:Existing data sources on alcohol production and trade as well as data  gaps;Recorded and unrecorded alcohol per capita consumption data;Alcoholic beverage types and strength (% alcohol by volume);Future monitoring and strengthening of data on alcohol  production  and distribution.New issues or emerging data related to the COVID-19 pandemic.  For further information, please contact:Dr Alexandra FleischmannScientistAlcohol, Drugs and Addictive BehavioursWorld Health Organizatione-mail: [email protected] Related Global information system on alcohol and health Regions Africa Americas Eastern Mediterranean Europe South-East Asia Western Pacific Policies Cyber security Ethics Permissions and licensing Terms of use About us Careers Library Procurement Publications Frequently asked questions Contact us Subscribe to our newsletters Privacy Legal Notice © 2022 WHO