79th WHA Individual Statements
Brand new WHO projections show a 2% rise in population-level alcohol consumption by 2030. This directly contradicts the target of the Global Alcohol Action Plan, where Member States committed to achieving a 20% reduction of population-level alcohol consumption. And it jeopardises progress towards 15 of the 17 SDGs.
Movendi International members are deeply alarmed.
Higher population-level alcohol use means more cancer and cardiovascular disease, more violence against women, more children deprived of safe and enabling childhoods, and more families losing loved ones to preventable disease. It means more costs in health systems and a severe loss of GDP.
This situation puts the spotlight on the alcohol industry: they are deploying systematic political interference to delay, dilute, and derail public health action on alcohol harm.
The world needs the same protections against industry interference for alcohol that exist for tobacco. We call on Member States to advance a global binding instrument for alcohol policy to protect populations and honour commitments to the SDGs.