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The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is the main statutory authority of the Australian Government responsible for medical research. It was the eighth largest research funding body in the world in 2016, [ 1 ] and NHMRC-funded research is globally recognised for its high quality. [ 2 ]
National Health and Medical Research Council (2020). Australian Guidelines to Reduce Health Risks from Drinking Alcohol. Commonwealth of Australia. ISBN 978-1-86496-071-6. The Brilliant Breastfeeding Alcohol and Breastfeeding Archived 17 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine page describes pros and cons of drinking alcohol while breastfeeding.
The survey also found that 20.4% of Australians (23.7% of males and 17.2% of females) consumed alcohol at risky or high risk levels according to the 2001 Australian guideline for Alcohol intake. [ citation needed ] In March 2008, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced the allocation of $53 million in funding to target what he described as a "Binge ...
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare states that 80% of Australians regularly consume alcohol. [1] In Australia, a third of the population live in remote and rural areas, where a proportion of these adults engage in risk-taking behaviours such as excessive alcohol misuse which is significantly higher than in major cities of Australia. [1]
Alcohol Beverages Australia (ABA) is an Australian non-profit membership–based organisation that represents retailers, producers and manufacturers of alcohol in Australia. The current president is Greg Holland [ 1 ] and its CEO is Andrew Wilsmore.
Drug education is the planned provision of information, guidelines, resources, and skills relevant to living in a world where psychoactive substances are widely available and commonly used for a variety of both medical and non-medical purposes, some of which may lead to harms such as overdose, injury, infectious disease (such as HIV or hepatitis C), or addiction.
The mission of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is to generate and disseminate fundamental knowledge about the effects of alcohol on health and well-being, and apply that knowledge to improve diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of alcohol-related problems, including alcohol use disorder, across the lifespan. [4]
Established on 17 October 2001 [1] by the Australian Parliament under the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Account Act 2001 with a A$115 million grant, [2] the Alcohol Education & Rehabilitation Foundation was set up to distribute funding for programs and research with the goal of preventing harms caused by alcohol and licit substance ...