Reducing Alcohol-Related Deaths in Lithuania

Sat, 29 Jul 2023 23:07:31 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/reducing-alcohol-related-deaths-lithuania>

"Alcohol-related deaths are rising across much of the world and although the
World Health Organization has identified a number of evidence-based policies
that countries can implement to curb excess drinking, few have adopted them.

One such bright spot is Lithuania. Spurred by a high burden of alcohol-related
deaths and led by a crusading health minister, the country rapidly implemented
a series of measures that have already cut mortality in the country.

Mindaugas Štelemėkas a professor at the Lithuanian University of Health
Sciences and a specialist in alcohol policy, spoke with Think Global Health
about a “natural experiment” that the country set in motion when it began to
earnestly tackle the harms of excess drinking."

Via Future Crunch:
<https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-rubella-south-east-asia-huma-rights-estonia-animal-canada/>

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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