By: Lisa Schölin

2016

In 2016, the European Commission and the WHO Regional Office for Europe started a three year project to monitor the situation on alcohol in the European Union (EU). One of the outcomes of this work is the current report on prevention of alcohol exposure during pregnancy. Protecting the unborn child from alcohol during pregnancy has a central place in the WHO action plan to reduce the harmful use of alcohol 2012–2020 and the EU strategy to support member states in reducing alcohol-related harm from 2006.