Policy positions

In the United Nations Inter-agency and Expert Group on SDG (IAEG-SDGs) 2025 Comprehensive Review of the Sustainable Development Goal indicators, GAPA made the following submission: The Global Alcohol Policy Alliance…

In 2021 the Global Alcohol Policy Alliance (GAPA) wrote a letter to the CEO of the newly formed WHO Foundation, formed to enhance funding of the World Health Organization. GAPA…

A group of 106 community and public health leaders from 60 countries and six continents are calling on the World Health Organization (WHO) to stop its closed-door meetings with alcohol…

In early April GAPA and the Regional Alliances sent a letter to the Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros, raising concerns about the WHO interaction with…

Global Alcohol Policy Alliance (GAPA) is a network of non-governmental organisations and people working in public health promoting science-based policies independent of commercial interests to reduce alcohol-related harm worldwide. GAPA,…

Coming up to the 75th World Health Assembly (WHA) deliberations on the Global Alcohol Action Plan the World Medical Association (WMA) and the Global Alcohol Policy Alliance (GAPA) have issued…

The WHO Alcohol Action Plan will be coming up at the 75th World Health Assembly (WHA) in the end of May 2022. The Action Plan has been developed through a…

In March World Health Organization European Regional Office conducted a public consultation to reduce alcohol consumption. GAPA made a submission. The document for consultation, "Framework to strengthen implementation of the…

GAPA congratulates the World Heart Federation with the publication of its policy brief: The Impact of Alcohol Consumption on Cardiovascular Health: Myths and Measures. In support of the policy brief GAPA…

The draft WHO Alcohol Action Plan to be discussed at the WHO Executive Board meeting (EB150) is Appendix 1 to Annex 8 of the report on the NCD agenda item,…