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Alcohol situation, it’s impacts and control measures in Sri Lanka
Pubudu SumanasekaraExecutive Director
Alcohol and Drug Information centre (ADIC)Sri Lanka
15.07.2009-Stop Drinking
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ADIC OUTREACH
23 OUT OF 25 DISTRICTS ARE 23 OUT OF 25 DISTRICTS ARE COVERED USING VARIOUS COVERED USING VARIOUS
MICHANISAMS.MICHANISAMS.
-WORKING DIRECTLYWORKING DIRECTLY
- WORKING THROUGH OTHER WORKING THROUGH OTHER NGOONGOO
- VARIOUS PROJECTSVARIOUS PROJECTS
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• COMMONWEALTH AWARDCOMMONWEALTH AWARD
International Awards Received
• WHO AWARDWHO AWARD
• IFNGO AWARDIFNGO AWARD
DURING THE YEAR 2001 ADIC(SRI LANKA) WAS INVITED TO DURING THE YEAR 2001 ADIC(SRI LANKA) WAS INVITED TO THE ALCOHOL POLICY STRATERGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE ALCOHOL POLICY STRATERGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION TO REPREESENT THE THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION TO REPREESENT THE SOUTH EAST ASIAN REGION.SOUTH EAST ASIAN REGION.
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ADIC Programmes
• Social mobilization(School, Community and Media)
• Strategic intervention
• Policy Advocacy and Litigation
•Human Development and Innovative Intervention
• Research and Information
• Plantation
• Prevention of transmission of HIV/AIDS among drug
users
• Finance and Accounts
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Problem
Alcohol
• Rural communities spend 1/3rd of their family expenditure on alcohol (Mirisankotuwa Research).
• Estate sector spend half of their family expenditure spend on alcohol (ADIC Plantation Research).
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1989 1999
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Source – Statistics of Ministry of health , Government of Sri Lanka
Health Indicators in Sri Lanka
Number of cases of hospitalization on Alcoholic Psychosis , Alcohol Dependence and Alcohol withdrawal (Excludes data from private sector medical institutions)
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Source – Statistics of Ministry of health , Government of Sri Lanka
Health Indicators in Sri Lanka
Hospitalization due to Chronic Liver Disease (Excludes data from private sector medical institutions)
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Other problems Violence Discipline Relationship Absenteeism Productivity Nutrition levels
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Source – Spot Survey 2008 December
Alcohol Prevalence
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Alcohol Production
Source – Excise reports
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Attitudes on Alcohol
Source – Spot Survey 2008 December
Reasons for alcohol use
Reasons for not using alcohol
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Major Health Risk FactorsMajor Health Risk Factors
Source: World Health Organization 2004
Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore
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Cambodia, China, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mongolia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Viet Nam
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Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand
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Bangladesh, Bhutan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal
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Approach
• Moralistic ?• Religious ?• Scientific ?
– Do users really enjoy alcohol?– Why youth start consuming alcohol while knowing
the harm and unpleasantness
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•The highest number of smoking incidents in the past 12 years has been recorded in movies featuring the Indian super star Sharuk Khan.
•The second highest is noted in films featuring the South Indian superstar Ragini Kanth.
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Opinion makers and professionals
The approach The approach
Media
Policy
Field level (communities)
women
Industry
children
youth
Non - usersusers
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Approach cont.
• Reduce the attractiveness of the image alcohol • Reducing unfair privileges attached to alcohol use• Improving recognition of the real harm form alcohol
use• Counteracting the forces that promote increased
consumption• Encouraging quitting or reduction of use• Formulation and implementation of effective
policies local and beyond etc.
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Strategies to address alcohol problems
• Do not alienate users• Mobilize every single structure in the community• Develop expertise within the community and transfer
ownership of the programme to the community through empowering people
• Include everyone in the community (sellers, users, non users, children, youth, women, political leaders) while using target group specific systems
• Integrate prevention activities in to the community agenda and daily life of the people
• Make prevention activities fun simple and attractive
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THANK YOU