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For the first time, trends in alcohol consumption and related mortality have been examined systematically for all countries in the WHO European Region for an extended period. WHO/Europe’s new report “Public health successes and missed opportunities. Trends in alcohol consumption and attributable mortality in the WHO European Region, 1990–2014” shows that over the past 25 years alcohol-attributable deaths increased by 4%.

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• 12th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion (Safety 2016) 18–21 September 2016, Tampere, Finland
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• First meeting of Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network in the WHO European Region 11–13 October 2016, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
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