Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Alcohol Policy. Meeting Report. (Washington, D.C, 29 November – 1 December 2017)

Abstract

During the last quarter of 2017, the Pan American Sanitary Bureau established a new technical advisory group to assist the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on alcohol policy. The new Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Alcohol Policy convened its first-ever meeting on 29 November to 1 December 2017 at the PAHO Headquarters in Washington, D.C., with the purpose of providing guidance and support to the work of PAHO in alcohol policy, to accelerate implementation of the Regional Plan of Action to Reduce the Harmful Use of Alcohol, as well as to achieve a measurable reduction in the harmful use of alcohol in the Region of the Americas.