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Jul 11 '17, 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM
IOGT International Side Event, together with the government of Sri Lanka, at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2017.
MASSIVE OBSTACLE TO DEVELOPMENT – ALCOHOL HARM
No less than 13 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals are adversely impacted by alcohol. Pervasive alcohol harm causes poverty, ill-health and premature deaths, erodes economic productivity, threatens women’s empowerment and gender equality, contributes to unsafe public space and jeopardizes water and food security. What can we do about it?
HLPF 2017 SIDE EVENT DETAILS
Location
UN Headquarters, Conference Room A
Time
July 11, 2017, 6.15 – 7.30 PM
Program
- Ms. Kristina Sperkova, IOGT International:
Alcohol as an obstacle to Sustainable Development – Alcohol in all Policies - Dr. Samantha Kumara, Government of Sri Lanka:
Sri Lanka’s view of alcohol policy as a tool to achieve 13 out of 17 development goals - Speaker TBC, Government of Botswana:
Championing alcohol policy for public health in African Union - Dr. Kumnuan Ungchusak, Thai Health Promotion Foundation:
Health and innovative nancing in Thailand - Ms. Stephanie Campbell, Friends of Recovery, USA:
Substance use – infinite losses for everyone’s development in the USA - Mr Douglas Webb, United Nations Development Program:
Multisectorial approach to infectious diseases, Gender Based Violence and NCDs – through alcohol policy