“The industry wants Africans to carry the cost of harm caused by alcohol while they take the profits”. As we celebrate Africa Day, Tungamirai Zimonte highlights a new form of exploitation of Africa by the global alcohol industry. Africa Day provides an opportunity for us Africans at home and those in the diaspora to celebrate …

The Department of Trade and Industry will soon issue new alcohol regulations for public comment to kick start the process of implementing uniform regulations across the country. This emerged at a well-attended panel discussion on the National Liquor Norms and Standards hosted by Soul City Institute for Health and Development Communication on Wednesday. National Liquor …

Integrating policies to reduce harmful drinking, gender-based violence and hiv/aids will give better results on all three areas compared to addressing them in isolation. This came out of the conference in Oslo the 5th of May. The Oslo meeting was co-hosted by WHO, UNDP, FORUT and the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services. This …

A review by The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development of the 34 wealthiest countries found average annual consumption of pure alcohol was 10.6 litres per person – equal to 115 bottles of wine. A rise from under 10 litres in the early 1990s. This article was written by by Nick Triggle, health correspondent for …

The link between sport and alcohol is a long standing one. This article highlights the RMIT study on how social media is now a key player in selling alcohol and how the industry times its posts to tie in with major sporting fixtures. (This article was written by Micheal Edwards for ABC News Australia) Photo: …

Youth Health Mag reports on a study published the Pediatric journal on how youth that have been exposed to more alcohol being consumed in films than their peers are more likely to have tried alcohol. Photo AP: Telegraph UK Read more…

Carwyn Hooper calls for alcohol controls as stringent as smoking controls. (This article was originally written by Carwyn Hooper for www.theconversation.com and appeared on BDLive) Read more…

The APAL in collaboration with the Blue Cross Thaba Bosiu Centre conducted a training workshop on Advocacy for Evidence Based Alcohol Policy for 30 participants in March in Maseru Participants were drawn from Alcohol Policy Alliance of Lesotho member organizations including Blue Cross; Campaign for Education Forum (CEF), ADAAL, Lesotho National for Visually Impaired Persons,  …

Is Africa the market to be captured? Economic development leads to an increase in disposable income by ordinary citizens. Recognising this the alcohol industry has declared their intention to capitalise on this and increase market share from Africa. Diageo and SABMiller seem to be leading the charge. Weigh in on the subject by commenting and …

The Global Alcohol Policy Alliance (GAPA) and Alcohol Focus Scotland are delighted to co-host the Global Alcohol Policy Conference which will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland from 7-9 October 2015. Themed Momentum for change: Research and Advocacy Reducing Alcohol Harm, the conference is supported by the Scottish Government and NHS Health Scotland. GAPC 2015 Read …