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Sweden: Youth Consumes Less Alcohol During Coronavirus Crisis
A new survey into alcohol consumption patterns in Sweden has found that youth consumes less alcohol during the Coronavirus crisis. ..
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23 Oct 2020
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WHO Europe: Alcohol Fuels Rising Interpersonal Violence During COVID-19
Reports from violence prevention helplines across the WHO European region are indicating rising cases of interpersonal violence during COVID-19. Alcohol fuel..
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23 Oct 2020
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USA: Tidal Wave of Substance Use Disorders Coming
Communities in the United States are facing the formation of a perfect storm of factors driving alcohol and other drug use disorders to higher rates than eve..
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23 Oct 2020
World Health Organization
WHO Europe Establishes Mental Health Coalition
The World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Europe has launched a series of new flagship initiatives. Among these four flagship initiatives is the ..
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23 Oct 2020
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Even Low-Dose Alcohol Use Damages Brain
A new study has found even low-dose alcohol use can lead to brain damage in the form of loss of brain volume. These new findings have implications specifical..
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23 Oct 2020
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USA: Alcohol Harm Affects Different Demographic Groups Differently with Women and Minorities Severely Burdened
Alcohol use is affecting different demographic groups differently in the United States. The harm is specifically higher for women and minorities, but even th..
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23 Oct 2020
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Poland: 2019 Saw Highest Alcohol Use in Three Decades
According to the State Agency for the Prevention of Alcohol-Related Problems (PARPA), alcohol consumption increased by 0.23 litres per capita in 2019 compare..
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23 Oct 2020
Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)
GACD and COVID-19
The pandemic of COVID-19 continues to spread across the world, bringing with it significant uncertainty. At GACD we are particularly concerned to note that t..
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23 Oct 2020
Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)
UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) joins GACD
GACD as an alliance of international public funding agencies supporting research activities intended to improve the prevention and treatment of chronic non-c..
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23 Oct 2020
Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)
Tackling disparities in treating depression in low- and middle-income countries
The GACD Mental Health Guidelines Working Group, led by Yena Lee and Dr Roger McIntyre at the University of Toronto, aimed to characterise the development an..
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23 Oct 2020
Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)
Workshop on the evaluation of scale-up of health systems interventions: what and how? Lessons for scale-up projects
Two GACD funded projects supported in the 2018 GACD Scale Up Call are leading a workshop event at the upcoming World Congress on Public Health 2020 (12-16 Oc..
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23 Oct 2020
Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD)
Reviewing multimorbidity outcome measures suitable for low-income and middle-income country settings
Multimorbidity describes cases where patients have two or more chronic physical or mental health conditions at the same time. It is typically challenging to ..
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23 Oct 2020