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Alcohol Industry and

Alcohol Policy Development in sub-Saharan

Africa

Warisa Panichkriangkrai

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MAIN ACTORS

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We're one of the world's leading brewers, operating across six continents

SABMiller = South African Breweries + Miller Brewing Company

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We're one of the world's leading brewers, operating across six continents

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Sponsored by:• Anheuser-Busch InBev• Asahi Breweries• Bacardi-Martini• Beam Global Spirits & Wine• Brown-Forman Corporation• Diageo• Heineken• Molson Coors • Pernod Ricard• SABMiller

The mission of ICAP is:• To promote understanding of the role of alcohol in society and help reduce the abuse of alcohol worldwide.• To encourage dialogue and pursue partnerships involving the beverage alcohol industry, governments, the public health community, and others interested in alcohol policy.

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AFRICA

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WORKSHOP

• Senior representatives of government agencies• NGOs• Representatives of civil society groups

40% Industry representatives<20% NGO/civil society representatives

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Experience from Uganda

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Draft national alcohol policy…one size fits all • Share the same source

• Same core of policy measures and some key formulations• Same in wording, structure and page formatting

differences Lesotho

108 changes; 43.5% country name 24.1% substantive meaning 21.3% minor change in wording 11.1% paragraph sequence

Malawi

Botswana

Different in file format

Uganda

Different structure

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Areas Activities

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Intoxicati

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- Increase public awareness- Personal responsibility

2. Public safety and amenity

Drink driving• Review Blood Alcohol Content limits for all drivers• Alcohol-related interventions, treatment, and rehabilitation support

3. Health impacts

Positive and negative health impacts

4. Patterns and availability

Self-regulatory system by alcohol beverage industries

5. At-risk populations

Individuals who are at increased risk for harm from drinking

6. Research

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POLICY PRIORITY AREAS

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WEAK POINTS• Irrelevant with country context: • ignore local concerns • weak references: situation, alcohol-related trend• not addressing country existing policies

• Not related with WHO recommendations: industry’s role• Focusing on alcohol beverage industry self-regulation• Individual approach > public health strategies

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QUESTIONS

How can alcohol industry involve with national alcohol policy development?

their approach? responsibility? benefits? ……?

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Bakke Ø. and Endal D. Alcohol policies out of context: Drinks industry supplanting government role in alcohol policies in Sub-Saharan Africa. Addiction 2010; 105: 22-28

Rogers Kasirye. Alcohol policy development: experience of alcohol industry organized alcohol policy process in Uganda.

World Health Organization. WHO Expert Committee on Problems Related to Alcohol Consumption, second report. WHO Technical Report Series no.944. Geneva: WHO; 2007.

For More Information

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