SA has the highest prevalence of FASD in the world, and experts have called for more education, support and prevention programmes to address the problem.
Alcohol causes serious harm to millions of people, and the World Health Organization’s plan to mitigate this is being undermined by the industry lobbying against and spreading misinformation about proposed new alcohol policies.
Australia’s peak body for the industry, Alcohol Beverages Australia, has written to the World Health Organisation urging it to abandon a 2030 target of reducing per capita alcohol consumption.
Australia’s peak body for the industry, Alcohol Beverages Australia, has written to the World Health Organisation urging it to abandon a 2030 target of reducing per capita alcohol consumption.