WHO to Focus on Alcohol Issues

The World Health Organization (WHO)'s Assembly meets this week, from May 19 to 24 in Geneva. The Health Assembly is the annual meeting of the WHO's 193 Member States and it is the supreme decision-making body of WHO. The Health Assembly sets the policy for the Organization and approves the budget, and we have learned that this year they will have a special focus on alcohol abuse. They will debate "strategies to reduce the harmful use of alcohol" and a