WHO issues a Western Pacific road map to speed up the global alcohol action plan

17 October 2026

The World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific published Accelerating implementation of the WHO global alcohol action plan 2022-2030 in the Western Pacific Region on 16 October 2026. The twenty-page document carries ISBN 978-92-9-062146-1 and is issued under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO licence. Member States endorsed the regional approach at the seventy-sixth session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific in 2025. The document is built on the SAFER technical package and offers an Implementation Road Map that is structured but adaptable to national circumstances. Its stated aims are to help countries and areas meet global alcohol reduction targets, improve population health and support sustainable development. The global alcohol action plan itself runs from 2022 to 2030 and gives effect to the WHO global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol.