The Global Alcohol Policy Symposium was organized by the Turkish Green Crescent Society in collaboration with the Office of the Prime Minister, the Parliament and the Ministry of Health and co-sponsored by the World Health Association (WHO). More than 1,200 leading experts from 53 countries, including World Health Organization officers, attended the symposium held on April 26-27, 2013 at the Golden Horn Conference Centre in Istanbul. Director-General of the World Health Organization Dr. Margaret Chan and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan honored the Symposium and delivered opening speeches.
For more information on the Global Alcohol Policy Symposium please see www.gaps.ist