Joint Action on Reducing Alcohol Related Harm (RARHA)

Gathering data on alcohol across the EU, working for shared understanding on  low-risk drinking guidelines and for good practice.

Objectives

Advancing EU-wide comparative alcohol data gathering also for the future.  Seeking synergy in communication on low risk drinking guidelines. Producing a Tool Kit of evidence based transferable  communication approaches.

Implementation

The work is divided in three core work packages, each with a pair of coordinators:  (WP4) compatative data - PARPA/Poland &  IFT/Germany; (WP5) drinking guidelines  - THL/Finland & ISS/Italy; (WP6) good practices  - NIJZ/Slovenia & BZgA/Germany. Overall coordination is with SICAD/Portugal.

Partners

The partnership includes EU countries, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland, mostly expert organisations under national Ministries of Health. Further partners include international expert organisations (e.g. EMCDDA, WHO, OECD Health Division, Pompidou Group) and European non-governmental organisations (e.g. Eurocare, EuroHealthNet).
The Work Package coordinated by THL, focussed on low risk drinking guidelines, involves 35 partners.

Funding

EU health programme 46%
National Ministries of Health and expert organisations 54%

Contact information

Pia Mäkelä
Research Professor
+358 29 524 7159
E-mail: [email protected]