Excessive consumption of alcohol kills millions of people globally, reports the World Health Organization doing a survey recently.
The WHO said that harmful use of alcohol is the eighth leading factor to cause death world wide killing 2.5 million people. Mostly people aged between 15 and 29 years are the worst victim consuming alcohol.
The WHO consists of 193 member states discussed the present issue at the World Health Assembly on May 17-21 and try to sort it out the problem.
The Organization urged the countries to have support to eradicate the death due to alcohol consumption implementing the recommended strategies and policies like health services responses, community action, and pricing policies and monitor the progress.
The WHO said that harmful use of alcohol is the eighth leading factor to cause death world wide killing 2.5 million people. Mostly people aged between 15 and 29 years are the worst victim consuming alcohol.
The WHO consists of 193 member states discussed the present issue at the World Health Assembly on May 17-21 and try to sort it out the problem.
The Organization urged the countries to have support to eradicate the death due to alcohol consumption implementing the recommended strategies and policies like health services responses, community action, and pricing policies and monitor the progress.
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