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WHO meeting of National Counterparts for Alcohol Policy in the WHO European Region and the AMPHORA Expert meeting |
| 14-16 June 2010, Madrid, Spain |
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE NEXT MEETING
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The WHO European Region historically has the highest alcohol intake in the world and alcohol is the second most important risk factors for mortality and morbidity in the region. The Framework for Alcohol Policy in the European Region was endorsed by the Member States at the 55th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for
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14 June 2010, Monday - AMPHORA Expert Meeting
Closed meeting for AMPHORA experts only, including 15-minute briefs on:
WP1 Interim report and administrative update
WP2 Common indicators
WP3 Determinants
WP4 Qualitative interviews
WP4 Longitudinal study
WP5 Case studies
WP6 Interventions
WP7 Unrecorded alcohol
WP7 Drinking environments
WP8 Infrastructures
WP8 Scales
WP8 Perceptions
WP9 Science policy dialogues, website and communication material, and addiction supplement
presentations only available on the Intranet
Chairs : Dr Antoni Gual, Hospital Clínico y Provincial
Formal welcome by the representative of the Spanish Ministry of Health and Social Policy, the WHO Regional Office for Europe, WHO Headquarter, the European Commission and the AMPHORA group.
Chair: Dr Antoni Gual, Hospital Clínico y Provincial de Barcelona, Spain
10.00 – 11.00 - The potential impact of the economic recession on alcohol-related harm
Dr Peter Anderson, Consultant in
- Building up the AMPHORA database of infrastructures on alcohol policy
Dr Claudia Kønig, Bergen University, Norway
Chair : Dr Antoni Gual, Hospital Clínico y Provincial de Barcelona, Spain
11.30 – 11.55 Short presentations
- Epidemiology of alcohol-related harm
Prof Jürgen Rehm, Technische Universität Dresden,
- European research on alcohol policy
Dr Antoni Gual, Hospital Clínico y Provincial
- Infrastructures for alcohol policy
Ms Lidia Segura, Departament de Salut de
- Planned and unplanned determinants
Dr Allaman Allamani, Agenzia Regionale di Sanità della Toscana,
Dr Dirk Lachenmeier, Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Karlsruhe, Germany
11.55 – 12.45 Facilitated group discussion
Participants will divide in five groups for addressing two questions:
1) From what we know, what does this mean for policy;
2) What more do we need to know from science to better help policy.
12.45 – 13.00 Feedback
Chair : Dr Antoni Gual, Hospital Clínico y Provincial de Barcelona, Spain
The participating AMPHORA scientists will be Dr Avalon de Bruijn, Mr Thomas Karlsson, Prof Colin Drummond and Ms Karen Hughes. The participating WHO Counterparts will be Dr Joan Ramón Villalbí (
Chair: Dr Peter Anderson, Consultant in
16.45 – 18.00 Five facilitated groups of discussion
Discussion on:
1) What science and research support is needed to influence the political agenda and alcohol policy in your country?
2) How can we provide incentives to get more and better alcohol policy science research in
Participants will divide into five groups:
- Group 1 - Mr Audrius Ščeponavičius, Ministry of Health of the
- Group 2 - Mrs Silvia Matrai, Hospital Clínico y Provincial de Barcelona, Spain
- Group 3 - Dr Joan Colom, Departament de Salut de
- Group 4 - Prof Emanuele Scafato, Isntituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy
- Group 5 - Dr Hana Sovinova, National Institute of
Chair: Dr Peter Anderson, Consultant in
16 June 2010, Wednesday - WHO National Counterparts for Alcohol Policy and AMPHORA Expert joint meeting
09.00 – 09.30 What does the SMART project have to say about standardized methodologies for surveys
Chair: Dr Lars Moller, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe,
09.30 – 11.00 Report from Member States on alcohol policy developments
Kyrgyztan: Dr Gulmira Ibraeva
Slovakia: Dr Zuzana Alexandercikova
Slovenia: Dr Vesna Kerstin Petric
Spain: Dr Rosario Sendino Goméz
Each Member Estate will speak for a maximum of 10 minutes.
Chair: Dr Lars Moller, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe,
11.30 – 13.00 - The Global Strategy to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol
Dr Vladimir Poznyak, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse of the World Health Organization,
- An analysis of the European Commission’s communication on alcohol, and the European Framework for Alcohol Policy – and the similarities with the Global Strategy
Dr Peter Anderson, Consultant in
- Global and European Information System on Alcohol and Health
Mr Dag Rekve, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse of the World Health Organization,
Dr Lars Moller, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe,
Chair: Mr Bernt Bull, Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services
13.00 – 14.00 Alcohol and injuries – presentation of new publication
Dr Sofia Tomas Dols, Director General, General Directorate for Drug Dependence, Government of Valencian Community, Spain
Dr Vladimir Poznyak, World Health Organization,
Dr Cheryl Cherpitel, Editor, Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group,
Chair: Dr Vesna-Kerstin Petric, Ministry of Health of the
14.30 – 16.00 The way forward – will WHO EURO need to draft a European Alcohol Action Plan in line with the Global Strategy
Introduction for group work. Participants will divide into five groups.
Chair: Prof Emanuele Scafato, Instituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy
Dr Lars Moller, WHO Regional Office for
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